Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new… — Harry Partch Copy Share Image
It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I found it easy to produce. I'm not the musical guy. I can't read and play music like that, but put some… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
In everything, depend upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things. Do not depend even upon the Infinite, but learn to… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
Communication is the essential medium of a creative culture: the communal sea in which we all swim. A company that can't communicate… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has… — Moby Copy Share Image
The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
I definitely enjoy working within different contexts, with different collaborators, and in different locations. I need to keep feeding myself as an… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Each of these failures for me is a failure of communication, via a mode of communication that can be violent or meant… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong was the primary contributor to jazz music in the 20th century. His improvisational skills served as the principal model for… — Ellis Marsalis, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you. — Tre Cool Copy Share Image
Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose… — Thomas Clarkson Copy Share Image
The university and in a general way, all teaching systems, which appear simply to disseminate knowledge, are made to maintain a certain… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Loving is like music. Some instruments can go up two octaves, some four, and some all the way from black thunder to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God… — James Otis Copy Share Image
After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
