Instruments Quotes

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In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip… — Jackson Browne
The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda,… — Billy Collins
The thumb does not have very a important role when shifting from one position to another. There is too much said, as it seems to… — Leopold Auer
I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing. — Nastassja Kinski
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn't say that, but I believe that… — Dave Brubeck
As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in… — Edward H. Levi
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do. — Joshua Bell
I'm not a super-actorly actor, my-body-is-an-instrument type of person, but I do want to do fun, exciting, interesting things. I have a 2001 PT Cruiser.… — Paget Brewster
I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others. — Adrian Belew
Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin. — Andrew Bird
The piano is kind of my second instrument. — Bill Bruford
Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare… — Gary Burton
I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it… — George Benson
On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive excitement. — James Blunt
A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators. — Joe Bob Briggs
People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records. — Sonny Bono
For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the… — Albert Claude
The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile. — Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different… — Elliott Carter

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