The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play. — Richard Strauss Copy Share Image
The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
“And in my experience, any monster that talks in a human voice, is human. Or was.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
It explains why people come home from work or school and immediately switch on the television. They are not interested in the… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I first noticed how the sound of water is like the talk of human voices, and would sometimes wake in the night… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments,… — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
Once you strike a note on the organ, it's going to stay with you until you either make it louder or softer… — Booker T. Jones Copy Share Image
How wonderful is the human voice! It is indeed the organ of the soul. The intellect of man is enthroned visibly on… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“I am drawn mostly, insistently to the human voice. How powerful and necessary the solo voice, the experience of being someone, something… — Ander Monson Copy Share Image
There is a book into which some of us are happily led to look, and to look again, and never tire of… — Walter Besant Copy Share Image
The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal. For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel - except perhaps… — Claron McFadden Copy Share Image
The saxophone was created to mimic the human voice and I think that's why I gravitated toward the saxophone eventually. I'd loved… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
What intrigues me most about the human voice, is its ability to make all things transparent through its power of transformation. The… — Azam Ali Copy Share Image
The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human… — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“He feels the need to hear a human voice—a fully human voice like his own. Sometimes he laughs like a hyena or… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Singing is not about timbres or category labels, singing is about fascinating acoustical properties like the colors of the human voice which… — Thomas Hampson Copy Share Image
Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small… — Ha Jin Copy Share Image
I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice is the #1 instrument… — Flume Copy Share Image
“Patagonia’s image is a human voice. It expresses the joy of people who love the world, who are passionate about their beliefs,… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
In a thousand voices singing the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel's "Messiah," it is possible to distinguish the leading voices, but the differences… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
