I'm Now Doing Three Things: Concerts, Conducting,

Another Thing That You Really Do When You Play, That You're Supposed To Do, Is Colors. You Know, You Cannot Play With One Color. If You Play With One Color, Again, It's Like Watching A Beautiful Painting, A Drawing, But It's All In Blue Or It's All In Red. May Be Very Nice, But Not Very Interesting.

For Every Child Prodigy That You Know About, At Least 50 Potential Ones Have Burned Out Before You Even Heard About Them.

I Look At Raising Funds For The Perlman Music Program As A Challenge And As A Way To Provide Opportunities For People Who Care About The Future Of Classical Music.

I Don't Feel That The Conductor Has Real Power. The Orchestra Has The Power, And Every Member Of It Knows Instantaneously If You're Just Beating Time.

I Feel That You Always Pay When You Are A Child.