Musical Instruments Quotes

57 Musical Instruments quotes by 54 unique authors

Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin. — Ambrose Bierce
Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. — David Del Tredici
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
The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful. — Pablo Casals
The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps. — Maggie Stiefvater
I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us… — Max Roach
From my opinion, 'geisha' means a woman skilled in the arts, like dancing, singing and playing musical instruments,. — Zhang Ziyi
Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the human voice, by… — Brigham Young
All musical talent is absent in me, to the point of being unable to play board games that require you to hum a tune while… — Jeff VanderMeer
If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you… — Jaron Lanier
Piano was - well, all musical instruments were taught in this very rigid, formal, classical method when I was young. — Hugh Laurie
I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away… — Yo-Yo Ma
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God. — Ravi Shankar
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque… — Alan Watts
The Harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument. You’re welcome. — Bob Dylan
The Christian idea of marriage is based on Christ's words that a man and wife are to be regarded as a single organism - for… — C.S. Lewis
Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an… — Orhan Pamuk
There was something about clowns that was worse than zombies. (Or maybe something that was the same. When you see a zombie, you want to… — Kelly Link
Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing—are associated with a… — Norman Doidge
Shiny musical instruments wailed, their mouths open like lilies. — Ismail KadarÃ©
Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn… — Andrew Weil
Then the musical instruments appeared. Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room. Everyone was jamming… — Gayle Forman
Age enlarges and enriches the powers of some musical instruments - notably those of the violin - but it seems to set a piano's teeth… — Mark Twain
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder… — James Blunt
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these… — Moshe Safdie

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