My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I get nervous calling myself an artist. I feel I'm more like an interpreter or a violinist, you know. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I called the great French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and I said 'So, who's the new cat? Who's got the stuff? And he… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the… — Isaac Stern Copy Share Image
You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to… — David Ogden Stiers Copy Share Image
My first hip-hop performance was at Carnegie Hall with Wyclef, ... I got a little feature and he announced me as the… — Miri Ben-Ari Copy Share Image
Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might… — Slash Copy Share Image
I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the… — Eugene Ormandy 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
Years ago, I heard an interview with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The interviewer said, "Do you still practice?" And he said, "I practice… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in… — Aleister Crowley 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
When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
The mastery of one's phonemes may be compared to the violinist's mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
I'm incapable of functioning without music. I've always had it in my life. I played the violin when I was a kid,… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
Whether you want to be the top violinist or a CEO, strangely enough, hard work and perseverance can overcome a lot of… — J Clifford Hudson Copy Share Image
I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the… — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or… — Sally Kirkland Copy Share Image
There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists,… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
I began as a violinist, not a composer. Thus my contact with orchestral musicians, with the source of music, is very important. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I think I've been lucky to work with so many lovely people. But there's Joshua Bell, who's the world's greatest violinist. We… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
For twelve years I studied and worked at them every day, and I was nearly 25 before I had the courage to… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
A guitar is a piece of wood, and if this piece is resonating in a period of 40 or 60 years, it… — Dave Genn Copy Share Image
Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
If you mess up the tiniest little thing in the Beethoven concerto, or the phrasing isn't just exactly perfectly executed, Beethoven brings… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop… — Shinichi Suzuki Copy Share Image
