Music making Quote by Anthony Powell

“The accordion and the whores and the retching,' he said. 'That's our music.”

— Paula McLain

Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

— Ambrose Bierce

She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging onto her as she hauled the words in and breathed…

— Markus Zusak

“The music washed over Shane as he stepped into a dimly lit space.  Thick rugs covered the floor, and stacks of written music were…

— Ron Ripley

“Of my own accord I want to learn the accordion, according to a cord (not a chord).”

— Jarod Kintz

“Oh good lord, I'm in a three-way with a cello.”

— Edmond Manning

“And then once in the music storage room. It was cold. The room was small with thin gray carpet and I cried after in…

— Alison Espach

“Papa was an accordion. But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out.”

— Markus Zusak

“Music always rode the air until he felt each beat through his whole body. But the air here was full of energy that sparked…

— Brigid Kemmerer

“I'd never been this close to the Obscure Object before. It was hard on my organism. My nervous system launched into "Flight of the…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“I inhaled and exhaled slowly before the music began. My eyes closed and I let the movements pour out of my body. Each step…

— Callie Anderson

“Just then there came the wheezy sound of an accordion. It was an odd little tune that, had he been alive exactly one hundred…

— Gideon Defoe