I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.
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.
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going.
As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.
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.
When I was five I had violin lessons.
I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.
I tried to learn the violin for a while.
We had a normal childhood. I played baseball, and we played violin in orchestras three times a week. I learned more from that than anything else.