“A violin?” I echoed, making a face. “Really? You’re calling in a favor for that? What, you don’t want to wait until… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing.… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I began my show business career playing violin in San Francisco at the corner of Market and Taylor. I understand that there… — Jack Benny Copy Share Image
“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
My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played… — Louis Prima Copy Share Image
I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I guess as a kid, I was always creative, and I was involved in music, like piano and violin and choir, so… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
And I'll dance with you in Vienna, I'll be wearing a river's disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I pressed PLAY and started up Chiron's favorite--the All-Time Greatest Hits of Dean Martin. Suddenly the air was filled with violins and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies,… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I don't sleep with a violin in my bed, but there is something very magical about the instrument. You open up the… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
“There is one, and only one, advantage to somebody who cannot play the violin insisting on doing so anyways, and the advantage… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
My mom definitely raised me with the capacity and the competence to do a lot of things. I love music, and that's… — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
What I like about 'Game of Thrones' is that there's such a wide range. We have everything from very small, just solo… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do a song with a violin; I always loved the sound of the instrument, especially for melodic stuff. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
Draw your chair up, and hand me my violin, for the only problem which we have still to solve is how to… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter… — Vanessa Mae 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
Although I wasn't fond of the violin in the beginning, as I played on I developed a fondness which soon turned into… — Mohan Sithara Copy Share Image
I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen. — Sue Townsend 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
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
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
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
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
'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“To say she is only a woman is to say a violin is a piece of wood with strings, and Dante is… — Bruce Crown Copy Share Image
I could spit dust I'm so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I'll die before I'll go all… — Patsy Cline Copy Share Image
Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
To regard one's immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone… — Hal Linden Copy Share Image
