140 Quotes by Daniel Barenboim

I don't like possessions.

I was never really interested in an operatic post, but I took on the Bastille because it seemed a unique opportunity to build an opera ensemble from scratch, and to deal with all the disciplines that go into opera - the music, the staging and the singing - in an interrelated way.

I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.

Israel is in the grip of a ghetto mentality. We have a powerful army. We have the atomic bomb. But the psychology of what comes out of Israel has the tone of the Warsaw Ghetto.

I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

I know so many Irish musicians. They're all over, because there has been so much emigration from Ireland. Like the Jews.

There are many wonderful orchestras in the world, but very few who have a character or personality of their own. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of them, and I think it very important to recognize and respect that character.

You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.