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Violin Quotes

Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all.

Music Respect Violin Piano Get Even

I do basically what a conductor does with a baton, except I also play along with the orchestra. So I have to juggle the roles of playing the concertmaster; sometimes I drop the violin and wave my arms.

Wave Play Sometimes Violin Orchestra

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

Denise Van Outen

Growing Up Start Growing Violin Up

I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant.

Play Violin Going Mutant Bit

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?

Good Care Actor What If Violin

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both.

Ethel Barrymore

Feel You Become Violin Stage Piano

We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It's actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid.

Aleksey Igudesman

Funny Enough Say Violin Head Shape

If you put your hand on the piano, you play a note. It's in tune. But if you put it on the violin, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. You have to figure it out.

You Play Hand Violin Out Piano

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

Violin Difference Between Viola

As a child, I studied violin. My sister, who's 10 years older, was the actress in the family. I was painfully shy.

J. Smith-Cameron

Family Child Sister Shy Violin

I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.

Violin First Everyone Up Five Just

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.

Song Voice Violin Approach Elements

A cello can sound like so many instruments, but it's only one, you know, like a guitar; it has percussive qualities. It can sing like the violin, you know, like a voice.

Voice Guitar You Know Sound Violin

I approach everything as chamber music. Even with Beethoven symphonies, I lead from the violin and basically encourage the orchestra to think of it as a giant string quartet.

Music Think Violin Lead Everything

My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano and sang as well, so there was all this music in my childhood.

Music Childhood Mom Violin Piano

My grandma has a picture of Louis Farrakhan playing violin in her house.

Picture House Violin Playing Her

It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.

Mstislav Rostropovich

Life Destination Aim Violin Piano

The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece.

Violin Two Through Things Different

There's a million people who can go out and play the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto brilliantly, but we're the only ones who can do 'A Little Nightmare Music.'

Aleksey Igudesman

Music People Play Go Violin Out

I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.

Play Violin Reason Polio No Reason

I don't want to start getting my little violin out, but travelling across the world constantly and staying in hotels is tough, man.

Man World Start Tough Want Violin

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Life Learning Experience Violin Solo

I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar, piano, violin, saxophone, clarinet, flute... Just not well.

Think Guitar You I Can Play Violin

Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?

Matter Violin Singer Cello Electric

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