140 Quotes by Daniel Barenboim

Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.

I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.

I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.

When I played my first concert with an orchestra, I was eight years old in Berlin.

I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.