Joshua Bell Quotes

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Joshua Bell

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 9, 1967

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

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You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

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I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

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I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.

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I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.

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I'm addicted to the adrenaline of performing, and I think when you're used to having that high, you look for it in other things.

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Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.

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I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.

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I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.

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I think it's really important to always kind of stretch your boundaries and your limits and get out of your comfort zone. And for me, that's very important.

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Beethoven's fourth and seventh symphonies have a certain amount in common. Well, of course they're both written by Beethoven, but besides that, I would say their overall effect and idea is to provide the listener with an incredible sense of joy.

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Anyone who knows classical music and loves classical music has heard the Beethoven Seventh hundreds of times probably in their life.

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It's interesting about classical music that the more you hear something, the more you get to know a piece, the better and better it gets, period, which is just an interesting thing on it.

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You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.

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I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

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I hate YouTube sometimes because people put up things of mine that were never meant for consumption and also because of some of the comments people write about my videos.

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I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.

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Being a director or a conductor is a balance of many things. And to do it right is a very difficult tightrope to walk. I've come to the conclusion that there's really no way to be one hundred percent popular as conductor.

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Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.

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I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.

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