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I tried to learn the violin for a while.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight.

I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct.

I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.

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

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening to Nirvana and wanted to play the guitar, so I ditched the violin.

I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't really like the violin. I was only doing it because I could, and I was good at it, and everyone was encouraging me. But I didn't have a great love for it.