
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
Speech at the Somerville Club, February 27, 1895
On how a musician's way of playing is important
Prasad interview (1997)
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
Speech at the Somerville Club, February 27, 1895
Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008), Prokofiev the pianist
Variant: There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
Source: An Interview with Leon Theremin http://www.oddmusic.com/theremin/theremin_interview_1.html / Olivia Mattis and Leon Theremin in Bourges, France 16 June 1989.
“I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood.”
Source: City of Lost Souls
As quoted by David Milner, "Akira Ifukube Interview I" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/ifukub.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)
"Outlines of Experiments and Inquiries Respecting Sound and Light" (1800)