Angel Quote by Anthony Burgess

“Where the bright seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.”

— John Milton

The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through…

— Anthony Burgess

Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets,…

— Anonymous

The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did bird imitations…repeatedly,…

— Anonymous

You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like…

— Toots Thielemans

You blow in this end of the trombone and sound comes out the other end and disrupts the cosmos.

— Roswell Rudd

I never felt like that in my life. I didn't know human beings played these instruments. I heard them in Chicago and Louisville and…

— Quincy Jones

“Todays the day gonna grab my trombone and blow" Thunder on the Mountain”

— Bob Dylan

I never really listened to any particular trombone players.

— Trombone Shorty

“The trombone and side-drums in the chamber music of Stravinsky will do well enough in a very smart house-party where all the conversation is…

— Donald Francis Tovey

Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

— Richard Strauss

“Those people obviously don't know who I think I am.”

— Fred Wesley Jr

I am a trombone player, and that was my first instrument.

— Johann Johannsson

Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes…

— Terry Eagleton

Trombone virtuoso and innovative composer, Papo combines the best of jazz and Latin music to create a genre that is unique and wild. He's…

— Michael Brecker