“The true violin did not appear until about the year 1550. It did not reach its eminent position in the musical world… — Bill Ballantine Copy Share Image
Lili manages to mix Kate Bush with modern influences to make a beautifully unique sound based around her amazing violin skills and… — Steve Lillywhite Copy Share Image
The nice thing about the violin repertoire is that it's small enough that you can plan on learning everything at some point… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
Art begins where technique ends. There can be no real art development before one's technique is firmly established. And a great deal… — Leopold Auer Copy Share Image
I will probably be remembered as someone who bastardized classical music, but apart from that I like to be someone who injected… — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
“A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“It is unlikely you will truly get the feeling of the violin until you have been studying for at least a year… — Bill Ballantine Copy Share Image
The Christian idea of marriage is based on Christ's words that a man and wife are to be regarded as a single… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Beethoven and Wagner for many years wrung our hearts. But now we are sated with them and derive much greater pleasure from… — Luigi Russolo Copy Share Image
If I wanted to play the violin, I had to work. Because anything that one wants to do really, and one loves… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
“Cooking is like playing a violin. The bow is a tool used to play, as is the knives and other tools you… — Jennifer Megan Varnadore Copy Share Image
I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
When I get bored, or get stuck on an equation, I like to go ice skating, but it makes you forget your… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Often a star was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you out of the distant path, or as… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I don't know exactly when I started watching television, but I know that Muppets and Smurfs hold privileged places in my memory.… — Kim Brooks Copy Share Image
“That night, there was a sliver of a moon over the des Michels farm. Jean put his horse in the stable after… — Daniel Amory Copy Share Image
My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
It is sweet to dance to violins When love and life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If you look at somebody like Bach, he didn't need collaborators to write for keyboards, cello, violin or anything else. I feel… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Yes, I mean like you know, having studied with Yehudi Menuhin that is like some direct route into Bach, because he was… — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
We get so many kids telling us that they've taken up the violin or cello. It's really special, and it wasn't really… — Grace Chatto Copy Share Image
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
It was loud in spots and less loud in other spots, and it had that quality which I have noticed in all… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Because two people in love don't make a hive mind. Neither should they want to be a hive mind, to think the… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
For one movie, I'm learning to play a violin, and I had never picked up a violin in my life. That's a… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
When I attained my seventh year, my father, whose ear was unmusical but who was nevertheless passionately fond of music, gave me… — Niccolo Paganini Copy Share Image
I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a… — Denise Van Outen Copy Share Image
“When at last I feel ready to tackle the whole of the piece, I begin slowly, delighting in the silvery tone of… — Pat Lowery Collins Copy Share Image
I remember my mum saying to me, 'You can give up the violin - when you've done Grade 8.' Which is the… — Gethin Jones Copy Share Image
I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
I actually prefer to hear small groups of instruments. Orchestras seem to lack a texture for me, or variety of texture. There's… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to play. I could… — Charlie Siem Copy Share Image
Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
