(32 quotes found)
“It's a different kind of child that cradles a violin than one who blows air through a horn.”
Jean Perry
“The violin came naturally, and it really fit me. When I picked it up (and placed it under the chin), it looked like it had grown there. It just fit.”
Miriam Burns
“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.”
Albert Einstein
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
Samuel Butler
“I don't own anything but my violin, and I'm sleeping on my manager's couch.”
J. Loren Wince
“During the event we're going to have somebody up there playing the violin.”
Carolyn Jennings
“You want to hear the violin burp. The violin can even sound like a monster. Isn't that cool?”
Mark Wood
“No, I'm not leaving the electric violin to Vanessa Mae. I'm still playing quite a lot of electric stuff. But only when there is a need for it. I like rocking out. And the electric violin is useful for many other things. It's useful for really good effects and it's also great for rocking out, with the drums and the bass, get into really heavy stuff. At the moment I'm not really doing any projects involving that thing.”
Nigel Kennedy
“My violin is called Kylie as she sounds great and is perfectly formed.”
“Cynthia's violin is beautiful. Her father is a trustee on the Cape Symphony Orchestra board, so we know her work very well and it's beautiful.”
Cindy Russell