Boys Quote by Eugene Ormandy

I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling…

— Eugene Ormandy

I'm really just a frustrated violinist.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I am privileged to be at the right end of violins: not the end holding it but to listen to it.

— Roger Moore

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

— Joshua Bell

We get so many kids telling us that they've taken up the violin or cello. It's really special, and it wasn't really our intention…

— Grace Chatto

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm

— Leonard Bernstein

When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is…

— Ruggiero Ricci

I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well.

— Alison Krauss

Through the violin, I speak to people, and my violin is my favourite partner in my musical life, definitely. Without my violin, I don't…

— Vanessa Mae

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

— Peter Wright

“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

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

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy