I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone. — Joel Murray Copy Share Image
Notes, usually to be musical, have to move in or out. They don't sound like clarinets! — Ray Still Copy Share Image
The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
No birdcall is the musical equal of a clarinet blown with panache. — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“He was young and tall, his hair was the color of fresh corn, his fingers were as thick as cigars, and he… — Peter Baida Copy Share Image
“Oh, the drums, of course,” Jase says. “It was the clarinet, but then he realized that was just not a turn-on.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time idly. I go to sporting events, play my clarinet. I practise. But if you work every… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records. — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know. — Acker Bilk Copy Share Image
I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Yeah, musically, from a production standpoint my favorite is probably 'Have a Little Talk with Jesus'. Just the way it turned out… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments -… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play… — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
Members of your family might say they are working hard all day long, while you are off at school or clarinet lessons,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would pass this music store on the way to school, and there was a clarinet in the window, a second-hand one.… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was 9. I took harmony and counterpoint classes when I was studying the clarinet. So, I've… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
So for all that we might speak words in each other's vicinity, this could never develop into anything that could be called… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Heath holds the door to the band room open for me, and I get to my chair without falling, snapping together my… — Mindy McGinnis Copy Share Image
Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
One nice thing about my momma is, she never gets on you for what you are not doing. I mean, she never… — Bruce Brooks Copy Share Image
One interesting thing - I play bass and guitar and stuff like that. I know those instruments really well. But I don't… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case! — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Clarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet,… — Tennessee Ernie Ford Copy Share Image
“The viola and the clarinet made for an interesting pairing: we had to imagine the accompaniment of other instruments, ideally a violin… — Nicholas Christopher Copy Share Image
I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar,… — Kat Dennings Copy Share Image
I remember being a kid and wanting to be so many different things. There was even one point that I wanted to… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
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