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"I listen to kids play a lot."
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"The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe."
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"I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I don't get in too much trouble."
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"Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest."
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"We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by."
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"Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs."
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"Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected."
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"I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds."
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"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"
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"Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways."
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"Kids today don't watch a black and white movie."
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"Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it."
Experience
"Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all."
Moon
"You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall."
People
"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."
Music
"Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition."
Music
"Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities."
Possibility
"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."
Time
"That's the goal, to survive your gift."
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"I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen."
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"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening."
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