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
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence. Daniel Barenboim chancedemocracyescape share on social
Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence. Daniel Barenboim beethovenchaosexistence 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
In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in. Daniel Barenboim beethovenbellyfather Change image and share on social
It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven. Daniel Barenboim beatlesbeethovenbicentenary share on social
You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations. Daniel Barenboim bearconductexpect Change image and share on social
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
Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. Daniel Barenboim deaddemandpoorly Change image and share on social
