Violin Quotes
On discipline, humor, and memory tied to the violin.
This page brings together thoughts on the violin, from a light joke comparing it to the viola to memories of childhood lessons and later choosing a different path entirely. For more on artistic craft, see the Art quotes page.
There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
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Art Quotes
I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.
I started playing violin when I was six, so I thought I could be a professional. It wasn't until I was 15 when I got into acting classes and realized this was what I wanted to do.
I studied classical violin and voice until I was 18 and by then I had had my fill.
I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen.
Elegance Quotes
The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.
I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.
Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
Emotion Quotes
I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant.
Expression Quotes
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Some lines celebrate discipline within an orchestra, while others reflect on stepping away from the instrument for a new pursuit. Browse Emotion and Expression for more on music's deeper pull.
