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When I was five I had violin lessons.

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good!

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

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 started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.

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

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

I played cello in my high school orchestra.