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I tried to learn the violin for a while.

I actually played violin on 'E.T.' I used to be a violinist.

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.

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.

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 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 had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

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