Quotes by Isaac Stern

“Music is like making love: either all or nothing.”

“Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.”

“There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.”

“A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.”

“Mozarts music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isnt. Yet he isnt taken very seriously by the younger generation.”

“I have a responsibility to pass on to the next generation what I learned from my teachers, ... It keeps me young and reminds me where I came from. Teaching young artists is like giving water to a flower.”

“His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.”

“Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.”

“Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.”

Mozarts music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isnt.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.