Violin Quotes

236 Violin quotes by 186 unique authors

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel… — Alexa Chung
I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin. — Joshua Bell
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do. — Joshua Bell
Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. — Andrew Bird
Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin. — Andrew Bird
You know, I always say musicians, they can do it on their own. They can practice their violin on their own. A painter can paint… — Anne Archer
The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different… — Elliott Carter
Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with… — Anne Dudley
I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first… — Gustavo Dudamel
If I look back, my mother was always out. I can remember the perfume and her scarlet chiffon dress and crystal beads, going to a… — Celia Imrie
If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting. — Leila Josefowicz
I went to this tattoo parlor in the East Village and I got an outline of a violin on my lower back. They call them… — Katherine Moennig
Walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play, or it might be the sound of your hello. — Johnny Mathis
I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well. — Alison Krauss
I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a bit of an… — Paul Strand
At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin. — Noel Redding
I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise. — Noel Redding
Our entire being is fashioned as an instrument of praise. Just as a master violin maker designs an instrument to produce maximum aesthetic results, so… — Lamar Boschman
One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement. — Winston Churchill
One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice,… — Marilyn vos Savant

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