African american Quote by Josephine Baker

I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.

— Noel Redding

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

— Louisa May Alcott

Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.

— Andrew Bird

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 was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

— Christian McKay

I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.

— Louis Prima

The violin didn't keep me from doing things I wanted to do.

— Hilary Hahn

“The viola and the clarinet made for an interesting pairing: we had to imagine the accompaniment of other instruments, ideally a violin and a…

— Nicholas Christopher

My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff.

— Pete Seeger

I more or less think that the trombone was chosen for me. I first selected a violin, which I didn't do too well with,…

— Curtis Fuller

At concerts, for me, the orchestra was like a painter. It flooded me with all the colours of the rainbow. If the violin came…

— James Elkins

I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.

— Nastassja Kinski