Quote by Bill Ballantine

I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it…

— Lara St. John

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

— Robert Schumann

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

— Louisa May Alcott

Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.

— Vanessa Mae

I've played classical violin since I was 5 years old.

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

“When Tchaikovsky finished writing his Violin Concerto in 1878, he asked the famous violinist Leopold Auer to give the premier performance. Auer studied the…

— Geoff Colvin

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

— Amar Bose

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

I studied violin when I was very young.

— Lee Marvin

“Let the violin become a fiddle, boy.”

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

“It is unlikely you will truly get the feeling of the violin until you have been studying for at least a year -- perhaps…

— Bill Ballantine

It is difficult to understand the fortunes of an instrument. There was music written for the guitar until the mid-19th century. Then the instrument…

— Julian Bream