Quotes by Itzhak Perlman

A talented child will have a schedule that is horrendous. You get up and practice, go to school, practice some more, eat dinner, and then you have homework.

An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.

The thing about talent is that it comes at different ages, sometimes at a very early age. That's when I find it to be the most challenging.

Believe me, I've had interviews where the person says, 'So when did you start and why? What about your parents?' I say to them, 'Please, have you heard of the word 'Google?'

If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.

I've been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic.

Television will always err on the side of making something not quite as classy as it could be.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

I can tell you that many soloists probably wish they could sit.

A lot of people ask me, 'What is your goal now that you have done everything?' And I always say that my goal is to not be bored by what I do. The only way that I cannot be bored by what I do is if I play something and it's all new to me.