Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

Your mallet or your stick goes through the instrument, the sound goes out and then wherever the sound goes nobody knows, you know. — Evelyn Glennie
People like Jeff Buckley, the Mars Volta and Bjork made me listen to music differently. You learn the voice is an instrument you can do… — Kimbra
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? — Nigel Kennedy
Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over… — Renee Fleming
I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my… — Hal Sparks
I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously. — Kevin James
A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you. — Tre Cool
I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes, hanging out in… — Flavor Flav
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano. — Mstislav Rostropovich
The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of… — Mstislav Rostropovich
I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an… — Andrew Bird
Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto. — Donald Tusk
I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. — Irving Penn
The heart is the only broken instrument that works. — T E Kalem
I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a… — Unknown Author
Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to… — Derrick Jensen
Man has to wake up from this sleep and to understand that he has a way though which he can end this vileness called human… — Sorin Cerin
Self-love is the instrument of our preservation. — Voltaire
One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man but as an instrument of destiny — Thomas Hardy
When such a perfect society will be created or if it will ever be created is a question as difficult to answer as if the… — Sorin Cerin
Oh, nature's noblest gift, my grey goose quill, Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from the parent bird to form a pen,… — Lord Byron
I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed. Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses… — Antoine Lavoisier
The conductor wielded the orchestra like a blunt instrument. — John Lydon
With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also,… — F. Murray Abraham
The mind is a superb instrument if used right, but when used incorrectly, it becomes very destructive. — Suman Rai

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