Attitude Quote by Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Too many talented people string and unstring their instruments without ever playing their music.”

— Ken Standley

Life is like a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the intrument as you go along

— E. M. Forster

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

— Robert Schumann

“If all would play first violin, we could not obtain an orchestra. Therefore esteem every musician in his place.”

— Robert Schumann

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

— Louisa May Alcott

Tis a petty kind of fame At best, that comes of making violins; And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go To purgatory none…

— George Eliot

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

— Samuel Butler

I've been playing music for a long time, mostly to empty rooms. That's not me getting the violin out. That's the reality for so…

— Sam Ryder

The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.

— Jose Mourinho

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

— John Ashbery

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

— Richard Steele