Complex sentence: Bitch, while at acting school, had stopped playing her violin: I had such an intense relationship with that instrument--putting it away for a couple years was almost like breaking up with someone you've been dating for years.
Split into simpler sentences: Bitch, while at acting school, had stopped playing her violin. I had such an intense relationship with that instrument--putting it away for a couple years was almost like breaking up with someone you've been dating for years.