American Masters (TV Series)
Itzhak (2018)
Itzhak Perlman: Self
Quotes
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Itzhak Perlman : They looked at the general picture. They did not look at the specific picture. The specific picture was judge me by what I do, but don't judge me by what I can't do.
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Itzhak Perlman : When you look at the names of the streets of Tel Aviv and if you were to know each personality that the street is named after, you would basically know Israeli history, and a lot of Jewish history because every person that the street is named after has done something either in the arts, poetry, politics, anything. So, it's like an education. So, if you look them up, what do you call it, Jewish Google, if you will, wouldn't it be, you can call it Joogle, that would be nice. Jewish Google. So, you would really know a lot about history.
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Itzhak Perlman : I always say to my students: Never ever miss an opportunity to teach, because when you teach others, you teach yourself and I find that in my playing. I think that Toby is right that my playing has taken a different kind of meaning because I am basically teaching myself at all times because I'm listening on a certain level.
