--- title: "16 Single Note Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Single Note quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Single Note sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/leon-redbone-21694_music_it-can-even-be-a-single-note-which-defin_3182810.jpg" --- > [It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/it-can-even-be-a-single-note-which-defines-the-entire-song/) [Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/leon-redbone-21694_music_it-can-even-be-a-single-note-which-defin_3182810.jpg) > [“Life is but a day and expresses mainly a single note.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/life-is-but-a-day-and-expresses-mainly-a-single-note/) [Colm Tóibín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/colm-toibin-3377_life_life-is-but-a-day-and-expresses-mainly-a_3132395.png) > [“So I close my eyes, hum a single note, and silently count to ten, blanking my mind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/so-i-close-my-eyes-hum-a-single-note-and-silently-count-to-ten/) [Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/matthew-quick-1377_psychology_so-i-close-my-eyes-hum-a-single-note-and_1698643.png) > [Every single note on this album is there for a reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-carlton/every-single-note-on-this-album-is-there-for-a-reason/) [Vanessa Carlton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-carlton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/vanessa-carlton-16537_album_every-single-note-on-this-album-is-there_3076113.png) > [I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-had-been-playing-single-note-instruments-and-i-wanted-to-hear-a/) [Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/leo-kottke-17569_guitar_i-had-been-playing-single-note-instrumen_1073651.png) > [“It is enough when a single note is beautifully played.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvo-part/it-is-enough-when-a-single-note-is-beautifully-played/) [Arvo Pärt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvo-part/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/arvo-part-38883_beautifully_it-is-enough-when-a-single-note-is-beaut_1820079.png) > [It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-trower/it-s-impossible-to-play-a-run-with-as-much-feeling-as-a-single-note-i/) [Robin Trower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-trower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/robin-trower-12510_cry_it-s-impossible-to-play-a-run-with-as-mu_50916.png) > [“I am a single note, a tone that peals in the wind. I am in the magic of the moment and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-raven-rose/i-am-a-single-note-a-tone-that-peals-in-the-wind-i-am-in-the-magic-of/) [H Raven Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-raven-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/h-raven-rose-30469_nature_i-am-a-single-note-a-tone-that-peals-in_239676.jpg) > [This is just a little samba built upon a single note. Other notes are sure to follow but the root Is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/this-is-just-a-little-samba-built-upon-a-single-note-other-notes-are/) [Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/ella-fitzgerald-13294_samba_this-is-just-a-little-samba-built-upon-a_2763091.jpg) > [Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvo-part/tintinnabulation-is-like-this-here-i-am-alone-with-silence-i-have/) [Arvo Part](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvo-part/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/arvo-part-38883_beats_tintinnabulation-is-like-this-here-i-am_949984.png) > [“A great musician once told me that one should never play a single note without hearing it, feeling that it is true,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-ueland/a-great-musician-once-told-me-that-one-should-never-play-a-single/) [Brenda Ueland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-ueland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/brenda-ueland-3836_great-music_a-great-musician-once-told-me-that-one-s_1425087.png) > [A single note, held in an amber suspension of time, like a charcoal drawing of Icarus falling. It was sad and fierce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/a-single-note-held-in-an-amber-suspension-of-time-like-a-charcoal/) [Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/karen-russell-1697_alive_a-single-note-held-in-an-amber-suspensio_2172898.png) > [“Silence is really one single note, just one note. It is the sound you hear when you turn off all the lights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-martin/silence-is-really-one-single-note-just-one-note-it-is-the-sound-you/) [Ricky Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/ricky-martin-1797_silence_silence-is-really-one-single-note-just-o_2273085.jpg) > [Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-bocelli/music-is-a-prerogative-of-those-who-are-willing-to-spend-time-to/) [Andrea Bocelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-bocelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/andrea-bocelli-2859_and-love_music-is-a-prerogative-of-those-who-are_2108861.jpg) > [For Rostropovich, every single note that he played had a special kind of human meaning behind it. And this was something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/for-rostropovich-every-single-note-that-he-played-had-a-special-kind/) [David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/david-finckel-31491_behinds_for-rostropovich-every-single-note-that_1890978.jpg) > [“I can take one individual note out of the music I am trying to write at the moment, and ti could belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-olsson/i-can-take-one-individual-note-out-of-the-music-i-am-trying-to-write/) [Linda Olsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-olsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/linda-olsson-22069_life_i-can-take-one-individual-note-out-of-th_3105636.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/single-note/#itemlist", "name": "Single Note Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 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