#violin

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace. ↗

— Edward Lear

#died #distressed #door #eaten #fiddle

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#always #cannot #expression #i #i think

I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie. ↗

— Conor Oberst

#comes #cries #cuts #each #else

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. ↗

— Robert Schumann

#ensemble #every #first #his #musician

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#every #know #like #love #make

If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger. ↗

— Andy Summers

#i #instance #playing #respond #sound

Love is not love, without a violin playing goat. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#love #love is #playing #violin #without

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#make #music #used #violins

There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#music #sherlock-holmes #violin #music

It was a hurting tune, resigned, a cry of heartache for all in the world that fell apart. As ash rose black against the brilliant sky, Fire's fiddle cried out for the dead, and for the living who stay behind to say goodbye. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#ending #sad #violin #death