The thing that influenced me most was the way Tommy played his trombone. It was my idea to make my voice work… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
I first played the Royal Albert Hall when I was 14. I was a violinist with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra, and… — Laura Mvula 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
As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark — Peggy Fleming Copy Share Image
The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They… — Elliott Carter Copy Share Image
Grab a guitar, put some kind of strings on it, a banjo string, then a violin string, then a guitar string, tune… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
The girl doesn’t need a violin,” he added. “She needs to have her hands bound so she can never touch an instrument… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
“You don't have to be a professional to play music. Close your eyes, take a deep breath.. And let it out. Let… — TheBakaViolinist Copy Share Image
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear. — Eduard Hanslick Copy Share Image
I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the… — Miroslav Vitous 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
My fourth birthday, I was given a violin, and my fifth birthday, a guitar. I didn't start to play until I saw… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
However beautifully you play the violin, you can always play the violin even more beautifully again. — Arjuna Ardagh Copy Share Image
Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A parallel between color and music can only be relative – just as a violin can give warm shades of tone, so… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
A cello can sound like so many instruments, but it's only one, you know, like a guitar; it has percussive qualities. It… — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
It's no use practicing too much. First you have to find out how to do it best. You have to be able… — Nathan Milstein Copy Share Image
There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
When I started learning the violin, my choir teacher thought I could sing. But when I first got on stage, I froze! — Momina Mustehsan Copy Share Image
The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way… — Kevin Canty Copy Share Image
