Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
The sound and just the fact that it was different from the piano, yet it still had some familiarity [made my fascinated… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion. — Lucas Grabeel Copy Share Image
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share Image
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully. — Elizabeth Moon Copy Share Image
To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My mother brought home the accordion in 1942. I was fascinated and wanted to learn to play it. Some of my music… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
[W]hen the coyote falls, he gets up and brushes himself off; it's preservation of dignity. He's humiliated, and it worries him when… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
“My mother told stories - of their life in the war and how she'd played the accordion in the air-raid shelter and… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I'm not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn't be on anyone's album. But because I play the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
You know frankly, going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of… — Jed Babbin Copy Share Image
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
I am certain that over the course of your own life, you have noticed that people's rooms reflect their personalities. In my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The essential fault of surrealism is that it invents without discovering. To make a clam play an accordion is to invent not… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"], and… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I often look… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a… — Toots Thielemans Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion." — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
[Time was] an accordion, all the air squeezed out of it as you grew old. — Helen Hooven Santmyer Copy Share Image
I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to turn on your boyfriend, get naked and strap on an accordion. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant… — Richard Widmark Copy Share Image
Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
![“The sound and just the fact that it was different from the piano, yet it still had some familiarity [made my fascinated with accordion].” quote by Pauline Oliveros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/pauline-oliveros-8481_accordions_the-sound-and-just-the-fact-that-it-was_971192.jpg)
![“[W]hen the coyote falls, he gets up and brushes himself off; it's preservation of dignity. He's humiliated, and it worries him when he ends up looking like an accordion. A coyote isn't much, but it's better than being an accordion.” quote by Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/chuck-jones-9878_accordions_w-hen-the-coyote-falls-he-gets-up-and-br_1141117.jpg)
![“The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"], and asked if I could write a story for it. I was so intrigued! I immediately knew that it had to be a love story told from the points of view of the two main characters. Right…” quote by Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/theodora-goss-10051_accordions_the-editor-stephen-segal-actually-called_440631.jpg)
![“[Time was] an accordion, all the air squeezed out of it as you grew old.” quote by Helen Hooven Santmyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/helen-hooven-santmyer-46067_accordion_time-was-an-accordion-all-the-air-squeez_2494304.jpg)
