We all know that there are many people that can play the instrument perfectly today, up and down with technical perfection, but… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
There is only one instrument which is adequate to investigate the things of the spirit, and that is the Spirit itself. Just… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language… — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution… — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
I went to a restaurant and sat at the bar and ate by myself. I have my iPad, which is my favorite… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent… — Thomas Sangster Copy Share Image
I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn't touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
My advice to actors? To successful actors, it's, 'sock it away,' and unsuccessful actors, it's just, 'Just keep at it. Don't do… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
“Existence is mathematical music, and all of us are the instruments playing the cosmic symphony. Our task is simple - to arrive… — Steve Madison Copy Share Image
I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
I get on a real serious health kick when I'm on the road, because as a singer, you can't really get sick.… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
“It's called a gui-tar. It's used to perform American rural music. It's said to be especially popular in Texas," he told her.… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it's a piece of technology. So when… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
You don't know what inspires you. You like to think you know what inspires you, but in the final analysis I don't… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Many MIDI files contain entire musical compositions. Because MIDI supports only 16 channels, however, no more than 16 different instruments can play… — Charles Petzold Copy Share Image
I made an instrument which I'm really happy about, because I always wanted to have a machine that did this so once… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
When I was four, we had to choose a musical instrument to play at school, and I chose the cello. I played… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
I took vocal lessons for the first time and actually learned a lot about using my voice as an instrument as opposed… — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
I've always loved the guitar. You see Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar with his teeth, and OK, you know you're never going… — Michelle Ryan Copy Share Image
“And wise Uncle Venner, passing slowly from the ruinous porch, seemed to hear a strain of music, and fancied that sweet Alice… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“That's because the guitar is speaking to you, bringing your senses alive. Music is an age-old language. It speaks to everyone, young… — Josephine Cox Copy Share Image
I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he… — George Gallup Copy Share Image
You go with what you 'get,' and I get playing the guitar. It's a challenge because it's not an easy instrument to… — Orianthi 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
Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull… — Bill Cobbs Copy Share Image
If you work with so many classical instruments... I mean, it still has this power, and it's still connected to the idea… — Pantha du Prince Copy Share Image
