Age Quote by Paul Desmond

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

— Paul Desmond

When I attained my seventh year, my father, whose ear was unmusical but who was nevertheless passionately fond of music, gave me my elementary…

— Niccolo Paganini

I studied violin when I was very young.

— Lee Marvin

Well my dad forced me into playing the violin when I was about three and it all started from there. I went to Suzuki…

— Tom Misch

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

— Amar Bose

When I was five I had violin lessons.

— Randy Bachman

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,…

— Zubin Mehta

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

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

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

— Alison Krauss

I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my…

— Gustavo Dudamel

I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.

— Randy Bachman

“Well, I’ve been a musician my whole life. When I was two, I would sing the theme from Star Wars in my crib; my…

— Emilie Autumn