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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- One Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Piano
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.
- Acting Classes
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Then
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied classical violin and voice until I was 18 and by then I had had my fill.
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight.
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- Nov 07, 2020