[Phil wood] put on some [Igor] Stravinsky and say to follow the score, tell me to play me the opening to the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
“When Tchaikovsky finished writing his Violin Concerto in 1878, he asked the famous violinist Leopold Auer to give the premier performance. Auer… — Geoff Colvin 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
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
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
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
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
In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin -… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as… — Michael Koryta 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
It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I've been playing music for a long time, mostly to empty rooms. That's not me getting the violin out. That's the reality… — Sam Ryder 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
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
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 was leaving my violin out of a lot of songs, and that's a strange thing to do because I've been playing… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute,… — David Mitchell 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
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
There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
I know that a translation of a work of literature is like playing a violin concerto on the piano. You can do… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction I like. If I twist one… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I come from a very musical family. My dad taught me to play guitar. I play violin and drums as well. Violin,… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't really like the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I studied classical violin and voice until I was 18 and by then I had had my fill. — Sunny Ozell Copy Share Image
I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight. — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any end to translucence. It's an endless journey, rather like playing the violin. — Arjuna Ardagh Copy Share Image
Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
When I was eight, an uncle, great uncle, gave a violin to me, and my father took me off to have lessons.… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
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