Quartet Quotes

47 quotes by 43 authors

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
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an… — Clare Bowen
I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I… — Al Jarreau
I would give my best quartet for a good razor, — Joseph Haydn
I am touring in Europe. I am putting together a trio and a quartet. I am playing solo concerts with my symphonic sounds. I am… — Miroslav Vitous
When I was drawing this, I thought Iâ€™d put together Sailor Saturn and Sailor Chibi-Moon in a pair. Then I followed it with the Sailor… — Naoko Takeuchi
And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra,… — Elvis Costello
One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign… — Yo-Yo Ma
After two hours it stopped raining and in the same moment the spell broke, which Peroquet and the Admiral and Captain Jumeau knew by a… — Susanna Clarke
Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that weâ€”I mean all human beingsâ€”are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of… — Virginia Woolf
In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling grandeur of Fragonard's… — Anne Rice
And since Iâ€™m marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If youâ€™re sleeping with Laurelâ€”â€ â€œIâ€™m not sleeping with Laurel. Weâ€™re dating.â€… — Nora Roberts
A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. — Stan Getz
People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet. — Witold LutosÅ‚awski
The question who ought to be boss is like who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tunor. — Henry Ford
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon. — James Oliver
Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer. — Charlie Haden
My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters. — Kevin Richardson
When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but… — Steve Lacy
I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder. — Adrian Belew

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