Any Gifted Child Can Potentially

Nothing Is Better For My Playing Than Teaching Because When You Teach, You Have To Think And You Have To Listen What Other People Do. And Then All Of A Sudden, You Play Yourself And Then You Say, My Goodness, I Don't Need A Teacher. I'm My Own Teacher. Then I Can React To What I'm Doing Immediately. It Really Improves.

The Violin Of My Dreams. If You Wanna Play A Pianissimo That Is Almost Inaudible And Yet It Carries Through A Hall That Seats 3,000 People, There's Your Strad.

If You Play Something Well, I Don't Care What It Is. I Mean, I Don't Play An Electric [violin] - I Tried. It's Actually Interesting.

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.