"A violin's not a friend, Jose. It's not a pet. It's a lonely thing, a violin. A violin doesn't shed blood, it already has."
"Violin's top-quality wood and exceptional tone make it a significant piece of American violin-making history."
"Give me a violin! I'll play to him and soothe him in his Melancholy hours."
"Antonio Stradivari and his descendants developed a violin that was so perfect in the sound qualities."
"The violin virtuoso began playing when she was just 3 years old inspired by a friend at a family gathering she took lessons fell in love and found her second voice violin."
"The more a violinist knows about their instrument, how it's made and how it's repaired, the better."
"Never thought I'd hear violin in rock music, this is pretty cool."
"This is my German violin. It's about 100 years old. Took violin lessons for 6 years, and for me, it's one of the hardest string instruments to play."
"Here stood the house in which Antonio Stradivari brought the violin to its highest perfection."
"Stradivari is a kind of light, brilliant, pure sheen sound."
"The violin really gave me a solid foundation of understanding music."
"My very first memory of the violin is actually from my grandmother."
"Anyway, the story goes that one day Tartini heard Francesco Veracini playing the violin better than him, and he was fuming."
"It's the most lyrical violin concerto ever written."
"I play the violin, well not so much now, but since I was eight all the way up."
"Sibelius's Violin Concerto is one of the two or three great romantic violin concertos after the Mendelssohn."
"It's an amazing Violin Concerto because it's written by someone who really knows how to write for the violin."
"The violin was an engagement gift from his fiancée."
"So far, the lyrical flow of the violin is just... there's some master there."
"That violin is just so distinct; it's haunting, it's got so much depth."
"The violin work is flawless on this."
"Why can't modern violin makers make violins that musical prodigies think sound as good as those old fiddles?"
"Sibelius liked the violin more than the piano."
"It was his perfect pitch that drove him towards the violin."
"She speaks with an indisputably individual voice through the violin."
"Violin it is, and I happen to be good at this."
"This violin is over 300 years old."
"The violin is your greatest friend; it teaches you to be disciplined, self-controlled, almost like Samurai training."
"Hand frame is defined as a default shape of the violinist's left hand which optimizes both consistency of finger action and accuracy."
"The soul of the violin because when it's in the right place, it releases the voice of the violin."
"The bridge is the force, the sound post is the fulcrum."
"One of the biggest problems that violinists have is that we don't know enough about how the instrument works."
"I think $100 is a very, very good entry point into the violin."
"The violin plays with the orchestra; you can hear the violin, you can hear the orchestra."
"That's awful, terrible, who taught you how to play violin?"
"Purchasing a bow can actually be more difficult than finding your violin."
"If you are looking for a good violin, go for it; a hundred dollars is an amazing price for what you are getting."
"This violin is approved by me; it's amazing, and I highly recommend it."
"The body of the instrument brings out the sound, and that's why the violin is so amazing."
"The sound post plays a pivotal role in this restoration; it's the bridge that carries the vibrations from the strings to the heart of the violin."
"A beautiful ebony crown is fitted to the button."
"Varnish does more than just provide a protective sheen to a violin."
"When you can play the violin, it is beautiful and worth the payoff."
"Most people need a little bit more one-on-one work to really learn how to play the violin well and correctly."
"It takes a lot of work, but if you love violin, if you want to learn, if you want to play, it's worth it."
"There's so much violin, and there are some tracks that I just can't listen to on anything else."
"I'm going to provide some insight onto whether you should use a shoulder rest."
"The violin is the world's most difficult instrument, the most glorious beautiful instrument in the world."
"A smooth legato is a color, cantilena, a long melodic line; these are the violin's strengths."
"The key to fast progress and overcoming obstacles for me has been to never stop focusing on the fundamentals of violin playing."
"Tuning the violin is really, really important and kind of really integral to playing violin."
"Getting a better set of strings will massively improve the tone, the sound, feel the silkiness, and the quality of the violin."
"The bridge is possibly the most important part of a violin; a high-quality bridge will enhance the sound, whereas a low-quality bridge will destroy it."
"I think I am probably the most creative violinist out there and I've definitely taken it to places that it hasn't gone before."