Lavinia Greenlaw Quotes & Sayings

More so than with any other instrument, the violin becomes part of the body. Good musicians are physically dissolved when playing, and for violinists, who cannot see where to place their fingers and have nothing to guide them through touch, music must be more than ever about memory than fingertips and breath; the ventage is deeper, more of the self, closer to singing. — Lavinia Greenlaw

If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway. — Lavinia Greenlaw

The greatest act of love was to make a tape for someone. It was the only way we could share music and it was also a way of advertising yourself. Selection, order, the lettering you used for the track list, how much technical detail you went into, whether or not you added artwork or offered only artwork and no track list at all, these choices were as codified as a Victorian bouquet. — Lavinia Greenlaw

We reveal something of our nature when we sing, something that can be disguised in our speaking voice. — Lavinia Greenlaw

This is a work of memory
facts have been altered. Names have been changed. — Lavinia Greenlaw