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Joshua Bell quotes: The violin sings.

The violin sings.

Joshua Bell quotes: If I read every comment on my YouTube videos, I'd go crazy with people that are saying negative things.

If I read every comment on my YouTube videos, I'd go crazy with people that are saying negative things.

Joshua Bell quotes: It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved.

It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved.

Joshua Bell quotes: So much of performing is a mind game.

So much of performing is a mind game.

Joshua Bell quotes: Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film.

Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film.

Joshua Bell quotes: I can't play on a full stomach, so I save my eating for after the concert.

I can't play on a full stomach, so I save my eating for after the concert.

Joshua Bell quotes: At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.

Joshua Bell quotes: You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.

You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.

Joshua Bell quotes: I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.

I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.

Joshua Bell quotes: It's endless, the amount of things that music touches on that can help kids grow that are very, very practical.

It's endless, the amount of things that music touches on that can help kids grow that are very, very practical.

Joshua Bell quotes: I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

Joshua Bell quotes: I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.

I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.

Joshua Bell quotes: You're a constant student, as a musician.

You're a constant student, as a musician.

Joshua Bell quotes: The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

Joshua Bell quotes: No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.

No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.

Joshua Bell quotes: I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.

I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.

Joshua Bell quotes: What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

Joshua Bell quotes: Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.

Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.

Joshua Bell quotes: Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.

Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.

Joshua Bell quotes: I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

Joshua Bell quotes: The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

Joshua Bell quotes: Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.

Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.

Joshua Bell quotes: Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

Joshua Bell quotes: Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.

Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.

Joshua Bell quotes: Over the years, I've seen how being a soloist and having a family can really work.

Over the years, I've seen how being a soloist and having a family can really work.

Joshua Bell quotes: My teacher, Josef Gingold, a student of the French school, always loved the music of Saint-Saens and Henri Vieuxtemps and all the French repertoire.

My teacher, Josef Gingold, a student of the French school, always loved the music of Saint-Saens and Henri Vieuxtemps and all the French repertoire.

Joshua Bell quotes: I've always been accused of moving around too much when I play concertos. Sometimes, conductors ask me which of us is leading.

I've always been accused of moving around too much when I play concertos. Sometimes, conductors ask me which of us is leading.

Joshua Bell quotes: Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.

Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.

Joshua Bell quotes: I love celebrating music in different and unique ways.

I love celebrating music in different and unique ways.

Joshua Bell quotes: Anyone who knows classical music and loves classical music has heard the Beethoven Seventh hundreds of times probably in their life.

Anyone who knows classical music and loves classical music has heard the Beethoven Seventh hundreds of times probably in their life.

Joshua Bell quotes: When I was 12, that's when I went to college. All my friends were 20, 21, and I was 12. It didn't even occur to me that that was strange.

When I was 12, that's when I went to college. All my friends were 20, 21, and I was 12. It didn't even occur to me that that was strange.

Joshua Bell quotes: For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.

For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.

Joshua Bell quotes: When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.

When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.

Joshua Bell quotes: Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.

Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.

Joshua Bell quotes: I write arrangements. I'm sort of a wannabe composer.

I write arrangements. I'm sort of a wannabe composer.

Joshua Bell quotes: I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

Joshua Bell quotes: Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.

Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.

Joshua Bell quotes: I kind of alternate between conducting and playing and kind of juggling those things, but I don't use a baton.

I kind of alternate between conducting and playing and kind of juggling those things, but I don't use a baton.

Joshua Bell quotes: Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

Joshua Bell quotes: Hamburgers are my favorite thing to eat, period.

Hamburgers are my favorite thing to eat, period.

Joshua Bell quotes: I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

Joshua Bell quotes: When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

Joshua Bell quotes: You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

Joshua Bell quotes: I love the outdoor festival feeling. When I'm on stage, it's very gratifying to watch people on the lawns enjoying the music with a glass of wine.

I love the outdoor festival feeling. When I'm on stage, it's very gratifying to watch people on the lawns enjoying the music with a glass of wine.

Joshua Bell quotes: I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.

I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.

Joshua Bell quotes: When I hear people clapping at the wrong times, I think that's great. We have got a listener that's not used to going to - we have got a new

When I hear people clapping at the wrong times, I think that's great. We have got a listener that's not used to going to - we have got a new listener.

Joshua Bell quotes: People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

Joshua Bell quotes: I'm addicted to the adrenaline of performing, and I think when you're used to having that high, you look for it in other things.

I'm addicted to the adrenaline of performing, and I think when you're used to having that high, you look for it in other things.

Joshua Bell quotes: I want to do everything. That's my problem.

I want to do everything. That's my problem.

Joshua Bell quotes: I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

Joshua Bell quotes: Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

Joshua Bell quotes: I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.

I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.

Joshua Bell quotes: You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

Joshua Bell quotes: When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.

When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.

Joshua Bell quotes: I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.

I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.

Joshua Bell quotes: Playing the Beethoven symphonies, for example, is a consummate experience for a musician because Beethoven speaks so directly to who we are as people.

Playing the Beethoven symphonies, for example, is a consummate experience for a musician because Beethoven speaks so directly to who we are as people.

Joshua Bell quotes: We live in the least ugly time in history.

We live in the least ugly time in history.

Joshua Bell quotes: The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is.

The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is.

Joshua Bell quotes: I associate music with fun and joy.

I associate music with fun and joy.

Joshua Bell quotes: The one thing in my contract that they have backstage for me is bananas. And usually my assistant will go and get me chicken broth.

The one thing in my contract that they have backstage for me is bananas. And usually my assistant will go and get me chicken broth.

Joshua Bell quotes: I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.

I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.

Joshua Bell quotes: I think - I'm always interested in reaching people in different ways, not by - not by just standing on a - randomly on a subway platform.

I think - I'm always interested in reaching people in different ways, not by - not by just standing on a - randomly on a subway platform.

Joshua Bell quotes: For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.

For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.

Joshua Bell quotes: I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

Joshua Bell quotes: I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.

I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.

Joshua Bell quotes: After every concert, I greet young people in the lobbies. And I see a huge surge of young people playing music.

After every concert, I greet young people in the lobbies. And I see a huge surge of young people playing music.