I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I… — Jesse Spencer Copy Share Image
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
Often the 'lead' of a classical song will have something really cool to its melody that - even though it might be… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
I took four years of violin, but got bored of it - over the years, I've been ADD with instruments. The only… — Mister Lies Copy Share Image
I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethoven’s. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The… — Joseph Joachim Copy Share Image
If you take a violin, you can make it sound 50 different ways. Not just pizzicato and played by the bow, but… — John Corigliano 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
[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
“I want you to play for me,” he told her as he passed the violin back. Her elegant fingers gripped the neck… — Ella Frank Copy Share Image
I think I'll always feel a little in awe whenever I see someone in their 20s or 30s carrying a cello or… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
You know, I always say musicians, they can do it on their own. They can practice their violin on their own. A… — Anne Archer Copy Share Image
The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it's a piece of technology. So when… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
“Who needs to be a Phoenix for rebirth? One simply requires themselves and an instrument to clean the slate and start over,… — TheBakaViolinist Copy Share Image
To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin… — Anonymous 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When you fall in love, you genuinely hear violin being played in the background. You genuinely feel that clouds are bursting and… — Pulkit Samrat Copy Share Image
Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune,… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
I actually play piano and violin, but I don't have a passion for it. It didn't make me wake up in the… — Ellen Hollman Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play cello, but in school, when I said that, my friend laughed at me, and she was doing… — Monica Barbaro 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
I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one… — Andrew Bird 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
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
All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon; All night has the casement jessamine stirr'd To the dancers dancing in… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
![“[Phil wood] put on some [Igor] Stravinsky and say to follow the score, tell me to play me the opening to the Rite of Spring. Or, "I'm going to play you some 20th century obscure classical composer you don't know". Or, "Let's listen to some Charles Ives, let's sight read some Bartok violin duets"…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/jon-gordon-1655_20th-century_phil-wood-put-on-some-igor-stravinsky-an_1463042.jpg)
