"There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures."

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Source : "Classical 'Rock Star' Joshua Bell Takes On Conducting". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. April 24, 2012.

Joshua Bell

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“I do believe that the Barack Obama administration has reached a new low by using the instruments of the state against its political adversaries. Obama does not see people who disagree with him as well-meaning opponents but rather as enemies. That's not something that Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton did as President. Probably Obama's direct descendant in this line is Richard Nixon. And Obama seems to have carried Nixonian tactics to a new low. So, we've turned a corner in American politics that doesn't bode well for our future.”
“How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public.”
“Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.”
“You'd be surprised at the things people will do in order to get their names or pictures in the paper.”
“Putting on fierce boots is an instant pick-me-up.”
“We were iconoclastic. We weren't there to sort of follow the trends really. So it was important that we were making a statement against that.”
“If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one.”
“The function of the Short Story is to be interesting, to convey vivid impressions, an therefore it must, to a degree, work with the evident and superficial thing”

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