Quotes by Violin Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice. Alain de Botton violin contentment practice Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice. Alain de Botton violin practice play Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair. Alan Watts scraping violin cat I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin. Albert Einstein violin knows joy I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger. Aleksey Igudesman violin use sometimes I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well. Alison Krauss violin wells I had studied violin from age 7 to 14. Amar Bose violin age A violin is the revenge exacted by the intestines of a dead cat. Ambrose Bierce violin cat revenge I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played. Andre Rieu violin five firsts Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer? Andres Segovia violin singers guitar Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin. Andrew Bird violin play thinking I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin. Andrew Bird violin tone thinking If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger. Andy Summers violin sound way Even though I started playing the violin when I was four, my early chamber music experiences helped build a strong foundation for my solo work, as all music is a rich language and dialogue that is shared on stage, no matter what the size of the ensemble. Anne Akiko Meyers violin four strong Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle. Anne Dudley violin bass nice To regard one's immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth. Anton Chekhov violin broken matter However beautifully you play the violin, you can always play the violin even more beautifully again. Arjuna Ardagh violin play I don't think there is any end to translucence. It's an endless journey, rather like playing the violin. Arjuna Ardagh violin journey thinking Draw your chair up, and hand me my violin, for the only problem which we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings. Arthur Conan Doyle violin evening hands I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didnt really like the violin. I was only doing it because I could, and I was good at it, and everyone was encouraging me. But I didnt have a great love for it. B. D. Wong violin great-love certain 123456»