It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven. Daniel Barenboim
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  1. I believe in the understanding of difficult situations, difficult music, or any kind of difficulties, through familiarity. Familiarity, in this case, does not breed contempt, but breeds understanding.

  2. Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

  3. We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.

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  5. To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

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