I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies & played the violin: but one of the twins died,… — Edward Lear Copy Share Image
I rode my bike to school, I was the head girl, I played the violin, was really nerdy. I was really underweight,… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I sometimes use a girl singer the way Henny Youngman uses his violin - as a bridge between one laugh and the… — Benny Hill 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
The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks,… — Thomas Powers Copy Share Image
I never had becoming Miss America on my radar screen. But when I was 17, I decided to quit the violin and… — Gretchen Carlson 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
With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows. — John Townsend Trowbridge Copy Share Image
I wound up sticking with violin because it was the strongest current in my life. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
All music is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments. It is not the violins and the cornets-it… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed… — Aleksey Igudesman 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
I'm not crying about anything or anyone in particular. The life I live I created for myself, and I wouldn't want it… — Anonymous 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
The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't… — Anonymous 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 been playing the viola since I was 6 years old, and then I decided to switch it up a bit, so… — Anthony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the… — Jon Tester 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
There is a man, playing a violin, and the strings are the nerves in his own arm... — James O'Barr Copy Share Image
