Clarinet Quote by Ambrose Bierce

The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.

— Ambrose Bierce

Clarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a clarinet –…

— Ambrose Bierce

What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the instrument. There's no such thing as a perfect clarinet,…

— Jack Brymer

The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.

— Victor Borge

I started on the clarinet. I was going to a music school - my mother took me - and the guy said, 'What do…

— Christopher Guest

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

— Gerry Mulligan

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

— Artie Shaw

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

— Lee Konitz

Notes, usually to be musical, have to move in or out. They don't sound like clarinets!

— Ray Still

Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax.

— Alan Greenspan

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great…

— Joshua Bell