Instrument Quote by Alexandre Desplat

Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest.

— John Lyly

Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have very visceral reactions to the texture…

— Andrew Bird

I don't feel that one instrument has more weight than others. Any sound that you can produce adds to your vocabulary of possibilities.

— Jerry Garcia

I've always been interested in finding out more about the properties of acoustics.

— Z'EV

I do the best I can with any instrument I get attracted to. But they're just tools in order for you to express yourself…

— John Mayall

I like real instruments, and try to stay from anything that sounds too synthetic.

— Alex Winston

Give the instruments a chance - their sounds are quite beautiful.

— John Marin

Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their…

— Brian Eno

It is the closest instrument to the human voice, and the things you can do on the cello... there are endless possibilities.

— Stjepan Hauser

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

— Kristin Hersh

We all know that there are many people that can play the instrument perfectly today, up and down with technical perfection, but does the…

— David Finckel

For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I…

— Morton Feldman