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Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
American Musician
Born: Dec 9, 1967
Great Me Music People Think You
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When I was 12, that's when I went to college. All my friends were 20, 21, and I was 12. It didn't even occur to me that that was strange. Joshua Bell
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I think - I'm always interested in reaching people in different ways, not by - not by just standing on a - randomly on a subway platform. Joshua Bell
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When Beethoven's Seventh Symphony was premiered, after the second movement, they clapped so much that they had the repeat the second movement and do it again. Joshua Bell
Symphony Seventh Had Repeat Beethoven Movement After Again Much Second
When I hear people clapping at the wrong times, I think that's great. We have got a listener that's not used to going to - we have got a new listener. Joshua Bell
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After every concert, I greet young people in the lobbies. And I see a huge surge of young people playing music. Joshua Bell
Music People Young Every See Concert Surge Huge Greet After Young People Playing
For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it. Joshua Bell
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We live in a very chaotic world that sometimes we - it just seems like a mess. One of the reasons why we listen to music, and to great classical music in particular, is that everything is in an order and in a place and has a beauty that you see in nature, that you see and that people look for when they look for God. Joshua Bell
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I can't play on a full stomach, so I save my eating for after the concert. Joshua Bell
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Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself. Joshua Bell
Music Me You Feeling About Give Give And Take Take Attention Audience Itself Need
In concertos, I stand up, and I conduct with the bow when I'm not playing. During symphonies, I sit, but sometimes I stop playing to conduct. Being seated in a section allows me to feel more like we're playing chamber music, which is how I like to approach it. Joshua Bell
Music Me Sometimes Sit Symphonies Approach Section More Feel Like Bow How Up Conduct Stop Being Which Stand Stand Up Seated Chamber Playing
The symphonies are the things that, as a soloist, I've not gotten to play. I used to travel the world playing concertos, and then I would sit and listen to the symphony. Joshua Bell
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Playing the Beethoven symphonies, for example, is a consummate experience for a musician because Beethoven speaks so directly to who we are as people. Joshua Bell
Experience People Example Symphonies Musician Directly Consummate For Example Because Beethoven Speaks Who Playing
So many times, I've seen conductors that, every time they have a thought, they stop the orchestra and say it, and I can see the orchestra rolling their eyes and saying, 'Oh, God, he stopped again.' So there's a technique to rehearsing. Joshua Bell
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My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing. Joshua Bell
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I learned early on how to make best use of my time. You know, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to practice time. And unfortunately, I still need to practice a lot. Joshua Bell
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Criticism is always hard to take - we musicians are sensitive. It's always hard when someone says something negative - but you try to learn to just let it roll off and not worry about it. Joshua Bell
You Musicians Try Negative Criticism Worry Says About Someone Something Take Learn Always Off Roll Just Sensitive Hard
I love the outdoor festival feeling. When I'm on stage, it's very gratifying to watch people on the lawns enjoying the music with a glass of wine. Joshua Bell
Love Music People Wine Feeling Stage Outdoor Glass Very Festival Gratifying Enjoying Watch
As far as doing TV, I do think there's a big audience out there that could enjoy classical music, but they don't know how to find it, and sometimes by doing different things... crossover things probably make up about 5% of what I do. Joshua Bell
Music Sometimes Big Enjoy Think Out TV Find Classical About Classical Music Crossover Could Know Make Make Up Audience How Doing Up Different As Far As Far Different Things Things
When you start reading a piece together, you get a sense of someone's basic philosophy of music without saying a word. You realize the other person's approach, how they express themselves, the kind of restraint they show, all those things. Joshua Bell
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Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all. Joshua Bell
Music Think Bach Ways Composer Some Most Greatest Really Profound
I've always been accused of moving around too much when I play concertos. Sometimes, conductors ask me which of us is leading. Joshua Bell
Me Sometimes Too Much Too Leading Around Always Been Conductors Accused Which Moving Ask Us Much Play
It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved. Joshua Bell
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When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually. Joshua Bell
Me You Noise Way Find Bored Some Coughing Makes Hear Upset Even
My teacher, Josef Gingold, a student of the French school, always loved the music of Saint-Saens and Henri Vieuxtemps and all the French repertoire. Joshua Bell
Teacher Music School Student French Always Repertoire Loved
As far as I'm concerned, the stakes are always very high. Whether it's playing at the White House or playing for a group in my own house - you know, one of those soirees I play in. Once I start playing, the stakes are somehow higher, in a way, than any of the context. Joshua Bell
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Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice. Joshua Bell
Music Great You Justice Great Music Written Geniuses Want
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