Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective. Daniel Barenboim More Quotes by Daniel Barenboim More Quotes From Daniel Barenboim I have the greatest respect for the survivors of the Holocaust. We can't even imagine what these people went through. Daniel Barenboim holocaust survivor people The ear plays the role of the guide in the museum in the concert I'm taking now. We don't have an oral guide, we have to provide it ourselves. One reason why active listening is absolutely essential. Daniel Barenboim listening play museums 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 eye blue commitment Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music. Daniel Barenboim ego believe people 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 tempo suitcases ifs You can't expect someone born into a family with no music...to understand when I'm conducting the Schönberg Variations. Daniel Barenboim conducting variation born Israel's strategy cannot be to constantly confront the Palestinians with the history of the Holocaust, but instead to show them that Israel is a reality. Daniel Barenboim holocaust israel reality I'm sure that there are many Israelis who dream of waking up one day to find the Palestinians gone. And there are many Palestinians who dream of going to bed at night and waking up the next morning to find the Israelis gone. Daniel Barenboim dream morning night In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here. Daniel Barenboim corny silence sound Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. Daniel Barenboim demand talking death I'm not naive. I know perfectly well that there isn't a single Arab or Muslim in the world who would say: There has to be a Jewish state in the Middle East. Daniel Barenboim middle-east states world If a man dreams about sleeping with Marilyn Monroe, he's certainly entitled to that. But when he wakes up, he has to acknowledge that he is married to someone else. Daniel Barenboim dream sleep men I don't believe that the entire world is constantly anti-Semitic. Daniel Barenboim anti-semitic believe world Germany will never be a real, free thinking and free feeling friend of Israel, because it will always fall under this shadow. Daniel Barenboim real fall thinking In the long term, Israel's security rests on only one pillar: the Palestinians' acceptance of the country. It isn't the atom bomb that makes Israel secure. Daniel Barenboim israel acceptance country I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are inextricably linked. Daniel Barenboim destiny racism believe There are probably many people in Israel who believe that Wagner, who died in 1883, lived in Berlin in 1942 and was friends with Hitler. Daniel Barenboim israel believe people An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place. Daniel Barenboim orchestra government thinking I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music. Daniel Barenboim administration tired want I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor and everybody in the orchestra follows you. Then, a few bars later, the main voice goes to another instrument, another group, and then you have to go back into the collective [sound]. The art of playing in an orchestra is being able to express yourself to the maximum but always in relation to something else that is going on. Daniel Barenboim play art school
