Violinist Quotes

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer.

Nigel Kennedy
When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down.

Ruggiero Ricci
- Play
- Violinist

Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles.

Ruggiero Ricci
Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.

Eugene Ormandy
- Play
- Center
- Violinist
I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind. Just starting out, one of your biggest strengths is not knowing how things are supposed to be.

Natalie Portman
- Knowing
- Pieces
- Supposed
The zenith of virtuosity, a violinist like Jascha Heifetz, the supernatural in a pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, these are performers who were so idiosyncratic and personal that to imitate them would be like filling somebody else's bottle with your wine.

David Finckel
- Wine
- Performers
- Bottles
Hello again, violinist,' he said in a hoarse voice. 'Fancy meeting you here.

Regina Doman
- Meeting
- Fancy
- Hoarse
A guitar is a piece of wood, and if this piece is resonating in a period of 40 or 60 years, it kind of gets to know what it is after awhile... the reason violinists play violins that are hundreds of years old. The wood learns to sing.

Dave Genn
- Music
- Reason
- Guitar