Instruments Quotes
1542 quotes by 1167 authors
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Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano…
— Madonna Ciccone
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I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film…
— Ken Burns
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Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of man which is basic to…
— Jacob Bronowski
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the…
— Eddie Van Halen
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Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.
— Joshua Reynolds
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We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
— Yo-Yo Ma
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Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in…
— Alessandro Nivola
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I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.
— Jason Newsted
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I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a good thing. People…
— Joanna Newsom
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It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty,…
— Robert Dale Owen
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We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The…
— Che Guevara
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The real forces behind Bolshevism is Russia are Jewish forces, and Bolshevism is really an instrument in the hands of the Jews for the establishment…
— Denis Fahey
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After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And…
— Cat Power
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I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was the…
— Chord Overstreet
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I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became a singer because…
— Cassandra Peterson
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair…
— Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay.…
— Colin Quinn
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The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I…
— Suzi Quatro
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I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that…
— Graham Russell
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I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.
— Chad Smith
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