--- title: "8 Instrument Playing Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Instrument Playing quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Instrument Playing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/john-rzeznik-3305_drumming_there-was-always-a-guitar-hanging-around_182978.png" --- > [There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rzeznik/there-was-always-a-guitar-hanging-around-the-house-when-i-was-a-kid/) [John Rzeznik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rzeznik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/john-rzeznik-3305_drumming_there-was-always-a-guitar-hanging-around_182978.png) > [I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-consider-the-piano-my-main-instrument-and-have-been-playing-for-as/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/ian-mackaye-3369_come-up_i-consider-the-piano-my-main-instrument_218704.png) > [Be the instrument playing the sound of your life's passing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/be-the-instrument-playing-the-sound-of-your-life-s-passing/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/jonathan-safran-foer-136_fearless_be-the-instrument-playing-the-sound-of-y_1005249.png) > [I try to play like Jimi Hendrix is playing. Forget what instrument you're playing, forget the colloquialisms, and Just get into what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-try-to-play-like-jimi-hendrix-is-playing-forget-what-instrument-you/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/john-popper-4917_forget_i-try-to-play-like-jimi-hendrix-is-playi_1275671.jpg) > [It happens to us quite often-it feels as though I'm not playing my instrument, something else is playing it and that same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ginger-baker/it-happens-to-us-quite-often-it-feels-as-though-i-m-not-playing-my/) [Ginger Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ginger-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/ginger-baker-38505_feels_it-happens-to-us-quite-often-it-feels-as_2188054.jpg) > [You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/you-would-never-do-stand-up-without-an-audience-i-mean-no-one-would/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/louis-c-k-1150_audience_you-would-never-do-stand-up-without-an-a_2191686.png) > [The time I like listening to music most on headphones is, I have a game I play with my brother, he's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/the-time-i-like-listening-to-music-most-on-headphones-is-i-have-a/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/brian-eno-776_brother_the-time-i-like-listening-to-music-most_2710347.jpg) > [Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajay-naidu/part-of-the-work-is-determining-through-what-instrument-you-are/) [Ajay Naidu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajay-naidu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/ajay-naidu-21321_able_part-of-the-work-is-determining-through_2994306.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/instrument-playing/#itemlist", "name": "Instrument Playing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing the drums, which is what I really wanted to do. 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