Daniel Barenboim Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.”

“You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.”

“I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.”

“I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.”

“When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.”

“I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.”

“The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.”

“There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.”

“Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.”