Accordion Quotes

46 quotes by 37 authors

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion. — Nicolas Cage
Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests.… — Robertson Davies
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature,… — Steve Rushin
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. — Robert Burchfield
I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would… — Connie Francis
Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes, with a very pure, very… — Richard Galliano
I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and personality of an… — Luis Alberto Urrea
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully. — Elizabeth Moon
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine. — Toots Thielemans
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ… — Matthew Sweet
Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion." — Martin Mull
Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer — Sarah Kay
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion. — Lucas Grabeel
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there… — Richard Widmark
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin. — Ambrose Bierce
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion. — Ricky Jay
The essential fault of surrealism is that it invents without discovering. To make a clam play an accordion is to invent not to discover. The… — Wallace Stevens
I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as… — Amy Grant
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. — Hunter Hayes
Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more… — Hunter Hayes

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