I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records. — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet… — Luc Ferrari 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
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
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
Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case! — Eddie Condon 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
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
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
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
[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 had a great year with Bob Mintzer [at Laguardia School of Arts]. Bob is great. We could have just brought the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I was not a band geek, per say. But me and my two older sisters played instruments, so I would come home… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone. — Joel Murray Copy Share Image
The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say… — Stephen Lang 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
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 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
I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
The saxophone was created to mimic the human voice and I think that's why I gravitated toward the saxophone eventually. I'd loved… — Matana Roberts 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
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
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