Instruments Quotes · Page 10

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

— Howard Shore

To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood.

— Cassandra Clare

I had the idea to do an anthology about instrument-making.

— David Toop

We must be instruments of God's compassion to those who are suffering.

— Radhanath Swami

“The heart is a The thousand-stringed instrument That can only be tuned with Love.”

— Anonymous

When filming, I like to travel with an instrument.

— Logan Lerman

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

— Mick Ralphs

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; it's a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have…

— Kevin Spacey

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

— Levon Helm

There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God's hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of…

— Dwight L. Moody

I'm not angry. I can't sing that loud for that long anyway, I'll start coughing - I don't have the instrument for…

— Lizz Wright

I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the…

— Margaret Atwood

I do play a lot of instruments. I started with the harp when I was young and then sort of moved to…

— Maggie Rogers

If I ever start talking to you about my 'craft', my 'instrument', you have permission to shoot me.

— Drew Barrymore

In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks…

— Shane Claiborne

I like vocal word stuff. But I don't always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It's more like drawing…

— Tom Waits

The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So…

— Jon Gordon

I worked really hard to develop me as an artist and as a musician. I have so many different influences and play…

— Elle King

What the Agency [CIA] does is ordered by the President and the NSC [National Security Council]. The Agency neither makes decisions on…

— Philip Agee

How can non-existence get sick of itself? Everytime you wake up, you appear again out of nowhere. And so does everything else.…

— Victor Pelevin

Why then would people look to the United Nations as an instrument of peace, if instead all it is, is an instrument…

— Ari Fleischer

The very funny thing about "Like A Rolling Stone" is it was a six minute song, there was no music to read…

— Al Kooper

Novels aren't pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience,…

— Alan Lightman

In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is.…

— Max Horkheimer

Then very slowly I go to slightly lighter colors until little by little, the forms begin to take shape and I start…

— Anonymous

Sri Ramakrishna is far greater than the disciples understand him to be. He is the embodiment of infinite spiritual ideas capable of…

— Swami Vivekananda

We need to use economic instruments such as carbon taxes, cap and trade, tax and dividend and whatever else to help incentivize…

— Dale Jamieson

Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence…

— Dalai Lama

My advice to women who habitually gravitate toward musicians is that they learn how to play an instrument and start making music…

— Julie Klausner

...the Lord of the Universe carries the entire burden of this world. You imagine you do. You can hand all your burdens…

— Ramana Maharshi

If our poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather, it is because neither you…

— Mother Teresa

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

— Richard Thompson

Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.

— Benedict of Nursia

I play the keyboard, but I am fond of all wind instruments, the oboe in particular.

— Amit Trivedi

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

— Bob Dylan

Anyone can make a record with instruments that work.

— Josh Freese

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.

— Lech Walesa

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.

— Pablo Picasso

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

— Patrick Stump