“I don't care how much money he (Frank Viola) makes. He can have my locker, I'll take him to all the best restaurants and show him New York. He can even have my wife, but he can't have my number, no way.” WayShowsCareNumbersWifeNew YorkDon't CareMy WifeI Don't CareRestaurantsFrankLockersAll The BestViola Author:Dwight Gooden
“I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Has BeensTwoFactsDreamNightRolesMidsummerSummer NightsViolaMidsummer Night's Dream Author:Blythe Danner
“I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.” SleepWonderfulHugeHorizonDesksOrchestraViola Author:Jean Sibelius
“I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.” WellsKindI CanActorsSpeakProjectsSurprisingTenacityExhilaratingViola Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.” ThinkingWritingRememberCrossesSaxophoneViolaOboes Author:Gavin Bryars
“II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school.” KnowsLittlesSchoolGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolGradesUkuleleViola Author:Kris Allen
“The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece.” MadeTwoDifferentWholePiecesThirdsInstrumentsDifferent ThingsPairsViolinQuartetsViolaString Quartets Author:Elliott Carter
“I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They tried to get her to have an abortion and she refused. So, my 'mama' adopted me, which was really her great aunt, which was really my great-great aunt, who was named Viola Dickerson. I was told that my mother was my sister.” ThinkingMotherRaisedOur FamilyAbortionMy SisterAdoptedAuntMamaViolaGreat Aunt Author:Eric Dickerson