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.
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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin.
I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
I tried to learn the violin for a while.
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.
Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all.
I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.
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