Intonation Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

• The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument… — Stan Getz
• Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. Of course,… — Stan Getz
• Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with… — Ruggiero Ricci
• There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try,… — Lara St. John
• Intonation is important, especially when it is cold. — Eugene Ormandy
• If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his… — Robert Louis Stevenson
• Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. — Edmond de Goncourt
• A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And… — Wendell Pierce
• I am of the international upper class, the Swedish petit bourgeoisie of Jewish extraction with poor language skills, a conveyor of a few expressions and… — Erland Josephson
• On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet - I am a martinetissimo. — Leopold Stokowski
• I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great. — Lucinda Williams
• A book is more than a verbal structure or series of verbal structures; it is the dialogue it establishes with its reader and the intonation… — Jorge Luis Borges
• I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of… — Kat Edmonson
• You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated… — Henry Irving

Who Wrote These Intonation Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Intonation Quotes as follows:

• 2 Intonation Quotes by Stan Getz
• 1 Intonation Quote by Ruggiero Ricci
• 1 Intonation Quote by Lara St. John
• 1 Intonation Quote by Eugene Ormandy
• 1 Intonation Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 1 Intonation Quote by Edmond de Goncourt
• 1 Intonation Quote by Wendell Pierce
• 1 Intonation Quote by Erland Josephson
• 1 Intonation Quote by Leopold Stokowski
• 1 Intonation Quote by Lucinda Williams
• 1 Intonation Quote by Jorge Luis Borges
• 1 Intonation Quote by Kat Edmonson
• 1 Intonation Quote by Henry Irving