Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could… — John Frusciante
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz.… — Kenny G
The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you.… — Lady Gaga
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. — Mahatma Gandhi
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in… — Evelyn Glennie
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. — Martha Graham
I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you. — Tre Cool
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. — Calvin Coolidge
I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people. — Chris Cornell
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely. — Catherine Deneuve
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. — Peter Drucker
Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been… — Megalyn Echikunwoke
When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be… — Michael Ende
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a… — Friedrich Engels
Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a stringed… — Feist
I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear. — Lupe Fiasco
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very… — Eddie Van Halen
The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument. — Eddie Van Halen
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. — Hunter Hayes
I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing and doing my… — Hunter Hayes
Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. — Levon Helm
Since love first made the breast an instrument Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart Was molten to a mirror, like a rose I… — Muhammad Iqbal
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that. — Reggie Jackson
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. — Thomas Jefferson
When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of… — Elton John

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