I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.
From Joshua Bell
I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.
Beethoven's fourth and seventh symphonies have a certain amount in common. Well, of course they're both written by Beethoven, but besides that, I would say their overall effect and idea is to provide the listener with an incredible sense of joy.
It's interesting about classical music that the more you hear something, the more you get to know a piece, the better and better it gets, period, which is just an interesting thing on it.
You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.
I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.
Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.
I hate YouTube sometimes because people put up things of mine that were never meant for consumption and also because of some of the comments people write about my videos.
I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.
Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.
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