Violin Quotes

236 Violin quotes by 186 unique authors

Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair. — Alan Watts
He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs; and… — Cassandra Clare
We are so not breaking out the violins and pity partying. — Gena Showalter
As Magnus turned to walk away from the church, he heard the sound of violin music carried to him on the cloudy London air, and… — Cassandra Clare
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject:… — Jacques Barzun
I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. — Paul Desmond
Age enlarges and enriches the powers of some musical instruments - notably those of the violin - but it seems to set a piano's teeth… — Mark Twain
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder… — James Blunt
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot. — Jane Chen
I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments.… — J. Cole
An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in… — Daniel Barenboim
We have a lot of pressures on children very young. We have ambition. We over-schedule our children. We want them to have soccer lessons and… — Julia Cameron
I first played the Royal Albert Hall when I was 14. I was a violinist with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra, and we travelled down… — Laura Mvula
My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he… — Zubin Mehta
The violin is basically made of a wood box and four main strings. — Unknown Author
I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger. — Aleksey Igudesman
It was sort of an experiment to try to leave the violin. Can I be a real person without this thing? It was a big… — Caroline Shaw
I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight. — Ronnie Milsap
The range of the cello is so big, it can play as low as the double bass and as high as the violin. It has… — Luka Sulic
I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. — Paul Desmond

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