Instrument Quotes · Page 6

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

— George Benson

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

— Elvis Costello

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a…

— Robin Pecknold

I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.

— Dallas Roberts

It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.

— Dalai Lama

The Harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument. You’re welcome.

— Bob Dylan

“...for we are always at one with the instrument of our magic spells.”

— Stéphane Mallarmé

Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?

— Dave Mustaine

Touring is hard. It's really hard on the singer, especially, because your body is your instrument and you have to be so…

— Gloria Estefan

The piano is a bit of a monster because it is this center of Western music and so much has been done…

— Michael Snow

I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do,…

— Ornette Coleman

I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being…

— Kim Gordon

Conservatives really don't believe in politics as the primary instrument of getting along in life and therefore don't tend to put their…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I remember watching my dad work on PCs, and I remember using Texas Instrument calculators in school. It was a bit nostalgic.

— Scott Michael Foster

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized…

— Greg Iles

Your mallet or your stick goes through the instrument, the sound goes out and then wherever the sound goes nobody knows, you…

— Evelyn Glennie

A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom…

— Ne-Yo

Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It's like…

— Nina Simone

I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to…

— J. Cole

Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can…

— Mickey Hart

“Why must I do what is hardest?" "Because, Marion, you are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its…

— Abraham Verghese

Surveys of thousands of gamers have shown that they're more likely to play real music if they play a music videogame. So…

— Jane McGonigal

I've never had a particular skill. I can't cook, dance, play an instrument, speak a foreign language. This used to worry me.…

— Michael Palin

But I find that the keyboard is the complete instrument you know?

— Mick Ralphs

“P.S. We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.”

— André Aciman

“Work is an instrument through which you bring yourself to fulfillment”

— Sunday Adelaja

Piano is very elegant. I also think it's a very truthful instrument.

— Howard Shore

My father always wanted me to play a musical instrument, and I never had that type of skill.

— Cam Newton

“I am far too weak to help you. But God is not too weak to use me to help you.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

— Steve Lacy

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

— GRiZ

My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me.

— Billy Sheehan

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.

— Max Roach

“It is in the time of peace that the instruments of war are built.”

— Paul Bamikole

For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.

— Bruce Jackson

“Life, she felt, was an instrument, and the trick was to find the tune you could play on it.”

— Owen Sheers

In reality, I never even got to have a Hank Williams instrument. I got a tie, a fishing lure and a check.

— Hank Williams III

You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem.

— Clyde Tombaugh

For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.

— Charlotte Rampling