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What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do. ↗

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#artist #chords #draw #harmonies #his

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. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#could #drums #every #everything #flute

I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#expression #first #had #i #instrument

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? ↗

— Albert Einstein

#be happy #bowl #chair #does #else

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#better #echo #going #hearing #i

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#age #basically #because #died #get

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#deep #hear #i #often #orchestra

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#ladder #man #playing #poet #puts

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#play #story #storyteller #telling #violin