Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use my own things… — Gabor Szabo
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe… — Oscar Peterson
First, by the figurations of art there be made instruments of navigation without men to row them, as great ships to brooke the sea, only… — Roger Bacon
We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our present government skills,… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Be the instrument playing the sound of your life's passing — Jonathan Safran Foer
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? Only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts' of… — Paulo Freire
While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument. — Yanni
I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played — Mick Taylor
I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards. — Dick Dale
You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced… — Iyanla Vanzant
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression thats possible… — Gary Burton
For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument. — Andy Summers
I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully… — Evan Parker
I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra. — Gerry Mulligan
Use me as an example of an instrument of change. — Michael Vick
When an instrument fails on stage it mocks you and must be destroyed! — Trent Reznor
Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty. — Barry Goldwater
I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for… — Bela Fleck
My first instrument was a little blue ukele. — Billy Ocean
Woman's soul is present and lives more intensely in all parts of the body, and it is inwardly affected by that which happens to the… — Edith Stein

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