Instruments Quotes

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Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the… — Yo-Yo Ma
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. — James Madison
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an… — Wynton Marsalis
I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children? — Steve Martin
The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. — Steve Martin
I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument. — Paul McCartney
I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with… — Moby
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. — Marilyn Monroe
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin? — Marilyn Monroe
I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament. — Alanis Morissette
I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete,… — Alanis Morissette
I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm… — Jason Mraz
I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes. — Brittany Murphy
Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have… — Mike Myers
You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set… — Mira Nair
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose… — Horatio Nelson
I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and… — Stevie Nicks
I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you… — Gary Numan
A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike. — Conor Oberst
The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano. — Yoko Ono

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