Quotes About Talent

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.

I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.

The violin is my mistress, but the guitar is my master.

Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways.

I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.

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

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around.

When I started learning the violin, my choir teacher thought I could sing. But when I first got on stage, I froze!

I was actually the head of the violin after-school club. And then I was also the head of the dance club, the popping club. So one day, just by coincidence, we had to hold the two clubs at the same time. I had to go back and forth. And that's when the idea came up for dancing and playing violin at the same time.

I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music.

I studied violin since I was a boy, and my dream was to be a violinist and to play.

Bach in general was so good with the violin. He just finds the genius way around his music on the instrument.

Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.

My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder when I was three, the violin when I was five and the piano when I was seven. I took up the guitar myself when I was 14.

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

When I was five I had violin lessons.

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

Well my dad forced me into playing the violin when I was about three and it all started from there. I went to Suzuki for violin lessons, and you learn to play by ear instead of reading music.

I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well.

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.

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.