--- title: "16 Harpsichord Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 16 Harpsichord quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Harpsichord sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/julia-holter-7627_like_i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-e_363173.jpg" --- > [I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-holter/i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-evokes-a-past-time-period-i/) [Julia Holter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-holter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/julia-holter-7627_like_i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-e_363173.jpg) > [Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/well-harpsichord-is-kind-of-a-big-guitar-isn-t-it-i-mean-it-is/) [Mahan Esfahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahan-esfahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/mahan-esfahani-33659_bigs_well-harpsichord-is-kind-of-a-big-guitar_1668435.jpg) > [Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-condon/someday-we-may-have-as-many-followers-as-the-harpsichord/) [Eddie Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/eddie-condon-39026_followers_someday-we-may-have-as-many-followers-as_252983.png) > [The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-beecham/the-sound-of-the-harpsichord-resembles-that-of-a-bird-cage-played/) [Thomas Beecham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-beecham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/thomas-beecham-15482_bird_the-sound-of-the-harpsichord-resembles-t_84100.jpg) > [I do have to admit that teaching, composing, and editing is a bit easier than sitting at the organ or harpsichord for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-harbach/i-do-have-to-admit-that-teaching-composing-and-editing-is-a-bit/) [Barbara Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-harbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/barbara-harbach-27136_education_i-do-have-to-admit-that-teaching-composi_2411698.jpg) > [The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/the-harpsichord-was-actually-ideologically-considered-a-very/) [Mahan Esfahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahan-esfahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/mahan-esfahani-33659_circles_the-harpsichord-was-actually-ideological_1165936.jpg) > [“Arnie Kott owned the only harpsichord on Mars. However, it was out of tune, and he could find no one to service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick-2/arnie-kott-owned-the-only-harpsichord-on-mars-however-it-was-out-of/) [Philip K Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/philip-k-dick-2-53326_song_arnie-kott-owned-the-only-harpsichord-on_1247744.png) > [“He looked up and saw her and his breath stopped in his throat. His hands stopped too, still spread above the keyboard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/he-looked-up-and-saw-her-and-his-breath-stopped-in-his-throat-his/) [Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/thomas-harris-1874_harpsichord_he-looked-up-and-saw-her-and-his-breath_1291244.jpg) > [I mean to me, the harpsichord has a huge dynamic range. And I always say to people, come and listen to it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/i-mean-to-me-the-harpsichord-has-a-huge-dynamic-range-and-i-always/) [Mahan Esfahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahan-esfahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/mahan-esfahani-33659_fun_i-mean-to-me-the-harpsichord-has-a-huge_545045.jpg) > [I think I was drawn to the harpsichord because of the similarity of touch between the harpsichord and the tracker organ. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-harbach/i-think-i-was-drawn-to-the-harpsichord-because-of-the-similarity-of/) [Barbara Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-harbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/barbara-harbach-27136_depressing_i-think-i-was-drawn-to-the-harpsichord-b_2943135.jpg) > [One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/one-of-the-tracks-that-i-have-is-carl-philipp-emanuel-bach-by-the-way/) [Mahan Esfahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahan-esfahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/mahan-esfahani-33659_assumption_one-of-the-tracks-that-i-have-is-carl-ph_1628548.jpg) > [As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/as-long-as-there-s-a-place-for-sundials-and-gardening-and-beautiful/) [Mahan Esfahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahan-esfahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/mahan-esfahani-33659_art_as-long-as-there-s-a-place-for-sundials_1742883.jpg) > [I mean, already in the French Revolution, the harpsichord becomes identified with the aristocracy, with the ancien regime. Plus, hey, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/i-mean-already-in-the-french-revolution-the-harpsichord-becomes/) [Mahan Esfahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahan-esfahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/mahan-esfahani-33659_aristocracy_i-mean-already-in-the-french-revolution_2894971.jpg) > [“Your friend Mr. Tulip would perhaps like part of your payment to be the harpsichord?" said the chair. "It's not a --ing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/your-friend-mr-tulip-would-perhaps-like-part-of-your-payment-to-be/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/terry-pratchett-19_friendship_your-friend-mr-tulip-would-perhaps-like_838478.jpg) > [The simple act of sitting down and playing something enormously complex and spiritually uplifting on a harpsichord just bores kids to tears.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogden-stiers/the-simple-act-of-sitting-down-and-playing-something-enormously/) [David Ogden Stiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogden-stiers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/david-ogden-stiers-17741_great_the-simple-act-of-sitting-down-and-playi_3177721.jpg) > [“Oh, well,' Mrs. Zender continued, 'Mother always said that Mr. Zender had other talents. He was good looking, and I think Mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-konigsburg-2/oh-well-mrs-zender-continued-mother-always-said-that-mr-zender-had/) [E.L. Konigsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-konigsburg-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/e-l-konigsburg-2-21330_looking-good_oh-well-mrs-zender-continued-mother-alwa_622691.jpg) ## Top authors on Harpsichord - [Mahan Esfahani 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harpsichord/mahan-esfahani/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harpsichord/#itemlist", "name": "Harpsichord Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Holter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-holter/i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-evokes-a-past-time-period-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/julia-holter-7627_like_i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-e_363173.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/julia-holter-7627_like_i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-e_363173.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/julia-holter-7627_like_i-don-t-use-the-harpsichord-because-it-e_363173.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound.” — Julia Holter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? 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And I think, you know, that gives lie to the assumption that it doesn't have that kind of variety. And I think it very much speaks for itself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahan Esfahani" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahan-esfahani/one-of-the-tracks-that-i-have-is-carl-philipp-emanuel-bach-by-the-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/mahan-esfahani-33659_assumption_one-of-the-tracks-that-i-have-is-carl-ph_1628548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/mahan-esfahani-33659_assumption_one-of-the-tracks-that-i-have-is-carl-ph_1628548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/mahan-esfahani-33659_assumption_one-of-the-tracks-that-i-have-is-carl-ph_1628548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel…” — Mahan Esfahani", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject the idea that harpsichord is old. And I reject the idea that something old is therefore not good or not popular. Lots of things are old. Lots of traditions are old - cooking, art. 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