Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me,… — Alex Lifeson
I actually had a job while I was acting and was a nursing student, which I had to drop due to my 9-5 job at… — Dascha Polanco
Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization! — Elie Ducommun
There is only one instrument which is adequate to investigate the things of the spirit, and that is the Spirit itself. Just as it is… — Max Heindel
To be in a band, at least according to the rules of rock in the 1970s, one must know how to play an instrument. But… — Lydia Lunch
In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play. — Karen DeCrow
A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and… — Samuel Freeman Miller
No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention… — Samuel Freeman Miller
All modern MIDI synthesizers are capable of polyphony, which means they can play more than one note at a time and more than one instrument… — Charles Petzold
Many MIDI files contain entire musical compositions. Because MIDI supports only 16 channels, however, no more than 16 different instruments can play at any time,… — Charles Petzold
It is the closest instrument to the human voice, and the things you can do on the cello... there are endless possibilities. — Stjepan Hauser
We wanted to make a powerful cello sound in order to show to the world the possibilities of the cello and to use it in… — Luka Sulic
I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument. — Joe Cocker
Drums were my first instrument. — Dick Dale
Compulsory arbitration is a practical instrument of pacification and, as such, it can and should be enacted by the Hague Conference. — Charles Albert Gobat
Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect,… — George Gallup
Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers. — Simone Weil
I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument. — Bobby McFerrin
I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using… — Leon Theremin
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play. — Richard Strauss

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