It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.

The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.

The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.

Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about.

There is no telling what is going to happen in the music business in the next few years, hours, minutes, seconds. Giving artists the chance to produce and distribute their own material is great, very empowering. The technological changes that are happening so rapidly now, amongst all the opinions, are in truth, only two things, inevitable and unstoppable.

I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music.

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.

Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.