--- title: "1 Fiddle Quotes By Tony Visconti" description: "1 Fiddle quotes by Tony Visconti. Plus more from Tony Visconti and more Fiddle sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/tony-visconti-14627_bass_the-ukulele-was-the-first-of-many-instru_3063423.jpg" --- > [The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/the-ukulele-was-the-first-of-many-instruments-they-had-bought-for-me/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/tony-visconti-14627_bass_the-ukulele-was-the-first-of-many-instru_3063423.jpg) ## Other authors on Fiddle ## More by Tony Visconti > [Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/our-last-jam-session-was-this-past-christmas-dad-played-his-harmonica/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [Some people do rely too much on technology. Look, technology is wonderful and I love it. When I was in the UK and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/some-people-do-rely-too-much-on-technology-look-technology-is/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [I love Logic Audio and have been using it for years. All my track outputs used to come up on my old board in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/i-love-logic-audio-and-have-been-using-it-for-years-all-my-track/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/my-dad-s-sense-of-humor-was-direct-and-sometimes-surreal-his-quick/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/today-s-recording-techniques-would-have-been-regarded-as-science/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [Towards the end of the seventies pop was gaining the momentum and respectability was very high with groups like Yes and Queen who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/towards-the-end-of-the-seventies-pop-was-gaining-the-momentum-and/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/in-the-last-17-years-of-his-working-life-my-father-was-finally/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/computers-have-virtually-replaced-tape-recorders/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [I make records with an open mind, I always have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/i-make-records-with-an-open-mind-i-always-have/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/i-grew-up-to-the-sound-of-live-music-in-our-brooklyn-household/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [I think the whole obsession with old gear is completely overblown. You don't need old-fashioned gear to make a great-sounding record. You don't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/i-think-the-whole-obsession-with-old-gear-is-completely-overblown-you/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/rock-and-roll-has-certainly-tried-to-take-its-toll-on-me-i-d-rather/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/oh-it-was-so-hard-to-leave-paris-just-about-my-favorite-city-in-the/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/my-father-had-a-brilliant-scholastic-record-in-high-school-and-was/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) > [I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-visconti/i-could-never-have-a-better-teacher-in-those-days-than-my-father/) [Tony Visconti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-visconti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiddle/tony-visconti/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fiddle Quotes By Tony Visconti", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. 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