Daniel Barenboim Quotes
It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.

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You can't control where your heart goes.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.
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What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow.
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He occasionally placed two chairs back-to-back, and, supporting himself with his hands on the backrests, swung his legs back and forth, his radiant eyes searching our faces for looks of admiration and encouragement. It seemed he had become entirely reconciled with God.
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.