Fiddle Quotes

91 quotes by 77 authors

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. — Theodore Bikel
The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle. — Leonard Bernstein
We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any… — Mark Twain
How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle? — Katherine Mansfield
A strange thing has happened - while all the other arts were born naked, this, the youngest, has been born fully-clothed. It can say everything… — Virginia Woolf
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an… — Duke Ellington
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into… — Paul Zollo
There are tons of people in the West who love fiddles, banjos and mandolins. If you got to any cowboy poetry and music gathering those… — Michael Martin Murphey
He liked to think that Heaven was what each person wanted it to be. He could see no future in lying around on a fluffy… — Elmer Kelton
This is a fantasy fiddle tune. The part you fantasize is the fiddle. — Guy Clark
Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on the… — Iron & Wine
By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and… — Ron Paul
I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed - things like… — Wynton Marsalis
I want to be a tuneswept fiddle string that feels the master melody, and snaps... — Amedeo Modigliani
I got to where I couldn't listen to country radio. Country music is supposed to have steel and fiddle. When I hear country music, it… — Gretchen Wilson
I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city. — Themistocles
The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle. — Pietro Mascagni
Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there… — Vivien Leigh
The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, why fiddle you… — Edgar Lee Masters
The expertise displayed by each musician is jaw-dropping and it's matched by their sensitivity and taste... Lizzy Hoyt displays equal mastery of the fiddle, harp… — Jim Sinclair

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