Accountant Quote by Zubin Mehta

My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.

— Pete Seeger

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

— Paul Desmond

I studied violin when I was very young.

— Lee Marvin

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

— Paul Desmond

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

— Niccolo Paganini

My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to be a…

— Henry Mancini

My dad was a really good classical guitarist. He took lessons with a student of Andre Segovia.

— Jason Becker

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

— Lorne Greene

I began as a violinist, not a composer. Thus my contact with orchestral musicians, with the source of music, is very important.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.

— Gyorgy Ligeti