The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by…

The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet, challenging us to be true to ourselves by appeals to…

— Benjamin Cardozo

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.

— Publilius Syrus

He wanted us to play whatever we played in the most characteristic and appropriate style. Even it was the theme from 'The Godfather,' you…

— Manny Laureano

I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.

— Kesha

Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended.…

— Quincy Jones

I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was headed back…

— R. Carlos Nakai

I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice…

— Wendell Pierce

I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that stuff, 'cause…

— Quincy Jones

My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather…

— Elvis Costello

Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.

— William Cowper

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.

— Wynton Marsalis

I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some…

— Wynton Marsalis

[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

— Eddie Condon

By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.

— Daniel Hanley

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

— Miles Davis