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title: "58 Accordions Quotes by 40 authors"
description: "Browse 58 Accordions quotes by 40 authors. Discover the best Accordions sayings and thoughts."
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> [Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-kaufman/time-collapses-and-expands-like-an-erratic-accordion/)

[Bel Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-kaufman/)

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> [Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-schwarzkopf/going-to-war-without-france-is-like-going-hunting-without-an-accordion/)

[Norman Schwarzkopf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-schwarzkopf/)

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> [A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/a-gentleman-is-someone-who-can-play-the-accordion-but-doesn-t/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

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> [Who's Heinz and what's an accordion?" -Spader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/who-s-heinz-and-what-s-an-accordion-spader/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Who's Heinz and what's an accordion?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-j-machale-2/who-s-heinz-and-what-s-an-accordion/)

[D. J. MacHale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-j-machale-2/)

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> [Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/sometimes-i-think-my-papa-is-an-accordion-when-he-looks-at-me-and/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/accordion-n-an-instrument-in-harmony-with-the-sentiments-of-an/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-cage/i-am-not-a-demon-i-am-a-lizard-a-shark-a-heat-seeking-panther-i-want/)

[Nicolas Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-cage/)

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> [Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mull/music-helps-set-a-romantic-mood-imagine-her-surprise-when-you-say-we/)

[Martin Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-mull/)

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> [If you want to turn on your boyfriend, get naked and strap on an accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-crow/if-you-want-to-turn-on-your-boyfriend-get-naked-and-strap-on-an/)

[Sheryl Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-crow/)

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> [Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kay/fingers-interlocked-like-a-beautiful-accordion-of-flesh-or-a-zipper/)

[Sarah Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kay/)

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> [ \[Time was\] an accordion, all the air squeezed out of it as you grew old. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hooven-santmyer/time-was-an-accordion-all-the-air-squeezed-out-of-it-as-you-grew-old/)

[Helen Hooven Santmyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hooven-santmyer/)

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> [I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-like-almost-everything-even-country-twang-disco-blue-grass-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [My mother brought accordion home. She was going to learn to play it so she could teach it and increase her income.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-oliveros/my-mother-brought-accordion-home-she-was-going-to-learn-to-play-it-so/)

[Pauline Oliveros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pauline-oliveros/)

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> [Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/rosa-hubermann-was-sitting-on-the-edge-of-the-bed-with-her-husband-s/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-widmark/ford-used-to-come-to-work-in-a-big-car-with-two-admiral-s-flags-on/)

[Richard Widmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-widmark/)

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> [Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes, with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-galliano/ive-realized-that-even-more-that-what-is-beautiful-about-the/)

[Richard Galliano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-galliano/)

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> [I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-welk/i-knew-nothing-of-the-life-of-a-real-musician-of-course-but-somehow-i/)

[Lawrence Welk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-welk/)

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> [Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-hayes/growing-up-in-louisiana-my-grandmother-gave-me-an-accordion-because/)

[Hunter Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-hayes/)

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> [A new study found that women think men holding a guitar are more attractive, even if they are not playing it. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-fallon/a-new-study-found-that-women-think-men-holding-a-guitar-are-more/)

[Jimmy Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-fallon/)

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> [I've never had a musical career. So I think it's been unaffected. I play the accordion. In terms of thinking of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-ve-never-had-a-musical-career-so-i-think-it-s-been-unaffected-i/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-format-of-the-book-was-the-idea-of-my-wonderful-editor-stephen/)

[Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/)

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> [My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toots-thielemans/my-parents-had-a-sidewalk-cafe-every-sunday-there-was-an-accordion/)

[Toots Thielemans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toots-thielemans/)

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> [I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-hayes/i-started-writing-when-i-was-around-6-i-say-writing-but-it-was-really/)

[Hunter Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-hayes/)

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> [Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I often look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/papa-sat-with-me-tonight-he-brought-the-accordion-down-and-sat-close/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/i-once-made-the-mistake-of-writing-a-story-with-david-corbett-the-man/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

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> [I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-yankovic/i-cut-my-teeth-playing-rock-songs-on-the-accordion-when-i-was-a/)

[Al Yankovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-yankovic/)

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> [“HAPPINESS I ASKED the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell      me what is happiness. And I went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/happiness-i-asked-the-professors-who-teach-the-meaning-of-life-to/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

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> [The Edith Head Trio, I would say, would be even less of a musical career than playing the accordion, particularly because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-edith-head-trio-i-would-say-would-be-even-less-of-a-musical/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-hayes/my-first-instrument-was-an-accordion-growing-up-in-louisiana-my/)

[Hunter Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-hayes/)

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> [My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toots-thielemans/my-father-bought-me-a-little-cardboard-accordion-and-when-i-was-three/)

[Toots Thielemans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toots-thielemans/)

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> [The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/the-english-language-is-rather-like-a-monster-accordion-stretchable/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

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> [I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-grabeel/i-play-like-12-instruments-guitar-piano-harmonica-african-drums-i-m/)

[Lucas Grabeel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-grabeel/)

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> [Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/papa-was-a-man-with-silver-eyes-not-dead-ones-papa-was-an-accordion/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [The sound and just the fact that it was different from the piano, yet it still had some familiarity \[made my fascinated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-oliveros/the-sound-and-just-the-fact-that-it-was-different-from-the-piano-yet/)

[Pauline Oliveros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pauline-oliveros/)

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> [No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/no-but-a-cello-is-the-perfect-string-bass-for-an-accordion-works-with/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

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> [I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-m-probably-the-only-kid-in-history-whose-parents-made-him-stop/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

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> [She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging onto her as she hauled the words in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/she-didn-t-dare-to-look-up-but-she-could-feel-their-frightened-eyes/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-francis/i-was-never-encouraged-to-do-it-and-i-played-the-accordion-which-i/)

[Connie Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-francis/)

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> [I would play a long tone on my accordion, or I'd sing one, and I would note how it felt - what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-oliveros/i-would-play-a-long-tone-on-my-accordion-or-i-d-sing-one-and-i-would/)

[Pauline Oliveros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pauline-oliveros/)

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## Top authors on Accordions

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-markus-zusak-64459.jpg) Markus Zusak 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accordions/markus-zusak/)

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                        "text": "I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and personality of an accordion in three strokes. I didn't even know accordions had character. This act of generosity and wisdom from a very good writer will help anyone who is staring at a blank page, any day, any time. Highly recommended.",
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