Isaac Stern Music Quotations

Music is not an acquired culture... it is an active part of life.

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

Music is like making love: either all or nothing.

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.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the music is.

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.

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.