An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in Palestine is an hour away from violence, is an hour away from fundamentalism. Daniel Barenboim berlinchildfundamentalism Change image and share on social
I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die. Daniel Barenboim connectdangerdie share on social
I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music. Daniel Barenboim administrationconductlove Change image and share on social
It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works. Daniel Barenboim composeressentialimportant Change image and share on social
US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan. Daniel Barenboim bluecommitmentdeclaration Change image and share on social
Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. Daniel Barenboim antidiseasehistorical Change image and share on social
Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict. Daniel Barenboim conflictcontinentcontribute Change image and share on social
I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world. Daniel Barenboim completeeducationmake Change image and share on social
The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it. Daniel Barenboim completelyfastscramble Change image and share on social
When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard. Daniel Barenboim diehardlove Change image and share on social
