Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
Joshua David Bellis an American violinist and conductor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionViolinist
Date of Birth9 December 1967
CityBloomington, IN
CountryUnited States of America
kids parent lucky
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.
performances ifs
No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.
stars war play
Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film.
games mind mind-games
So much of performing is a mind game.
ugly
We live in the least ugly time in history.
sleep years people
I don't sleep with a violin in my bed, but there is something very magical about the instrument. You open up the case; it's a masterpiece, it's gorgeous, the varnish is still there from 300 years ago. People who know violins, they look at it and it's almost like a face.
violin instruments continuing
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.
play needs tickets
When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.
want problem
I want to do everything. That's my problem.
kids balance want
Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in. You have to find the right balance.
selfish kids want
I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.
feelings festivals
I love the outdoor festival feeling.
beautiful mother war
We live in the least ugly time in history. If you look at back when Beethoven was writing, half the kids were dying, mothers were dying at childbirth, there were more wars going on then than there are now. People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.
writing wannabes composer
I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer.