“For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.” — Christopher Smart Copy Share Image
The guitar was not treated very seriously as a concert recital instrument. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I stand before you a changed man. Use me as an example of an instrument of change. — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument. — Kristin Hersh Copy Share Image
“The brain is a harmonic instrument. It vibrates to the same wavelength.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live! — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The distinguishing mark of man is the hand , the instrument with which he does all his mischief.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano. — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
Violin for me is a great instrument because you can use it as a rhythmical instrument and also as a melodic instrument.… — David Garrett Copy Share Image
“Because Marion, you are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Abraham Lincoln suffered through depression through his life and then suffered through the pain of conducting a civil war, and emerged with… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
When I heard 'Dookie' by Green Day for the first time, it unlocked something in me, like, it's totally okay that I'm… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
The Lord did not people the earth with a vibrant orchestra of personalities only to value the piccolos of the world. Every… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before… — Erik King Copy Share Image
I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument. — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
“Use love as the only instrument to question the world around you.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
“The desire of the people should be the major instrument used to draw them closer to God” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“I am only an idea, a requirement breathed to life-an instrument. A tool.” — Dawn Metcalf Copy Share Image
I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear. — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
“Work is created to be an instrument through which you release your potential” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image