Joshua Bell famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.
-- Joshua Bell

#Way #Interpretation #Performing
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.
-- Joshua Bell

#Play #Stories #Pieces
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.
-- Joshua Bell

#Kids #Parent #Lucky
No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.
-- Joshua Bell

#Performances
Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.
-- Joshua Bell

#Years #Musical
So much of performing is a mind game.
-- Joshua Bell

#Games #Mind #Mind Games
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.
-- Joshua Bell

#Hands #Play #Gestures
We live in the least ugly time in history.
-- Joshua Bell

#Ugly
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.
-- Joshua Bell

#Violin #Instruments #Continuing
When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.
-- Joshua Bell

#Play #Needs #Tickets
You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.
-- Joshua Bell

#Love Is #Affair #Love Affair
I want to do everything. That's my problem.
-- Joshua Bell

#Want #Problem
I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.
-- Joshua Bell

#Real #Expectations #Publicity
I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.
-- Joshua Bell

#Selfish #Kids #Looks
I love the outdoor festival feeling.
-- Joshua Bell

#Feelings #Festivals
I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer.
-- Joshua Bell

#Writing #Wannabes #Composer
Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.
-- Joshua Bell

#Football #Airplane #Journey
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.
-- Joshua Bell

#Upset #Halls #Cellphone
Conducting is a strange thing to teach.
-- Joshua Bell

#Strange #Conducting #Teach
I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.
-- Joshua Bell

#Want #Daredevil
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.
-- Joshua Bell

#Musical #Musician #Grew Up
I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.
-- Joshua Bell

#Play #Violin #Chance
I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.
-- Joshua Bell

#Trying #Thrill #Kind
You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.
-- Joshua Bell

#Trying #You Only Live Once

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