Tenor Quotes
64 quotes by 54 authors
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A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.
— Alec Guinness
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If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee…
— Pierre Loti
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One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say sing a song for our friends. I had a sweet voice, I had a…
— Dominic Chianese
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The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain…
— Alexander Hamilton
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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
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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
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
— Evelyn Waugh
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I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else
— Coleman Hawkins
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Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think…
— Coleman Hawkins
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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless…
— Thomas Gray
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The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or…
— Giuseppe Verdi
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A counter tenor is anyone who can count to ten.
— Denis Norden
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A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous!…
— Cannonball Adderley
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You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top…
— Alfredo Kraus
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I wonder how appropriate it is to try to 'argue someone into the kingdom.' Many apologists hotly deny any such charge, but I don't believe…
— Robert M. Price
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Trust not my reading, nor my observations, Which with experimental seal do warrant The tenor of my book.
— William Shakespeare
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The more I studied the Bible, however, I had to admit that the prosperity message did not line up with the tenor of Scripture. My…
— Jim Bakker
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Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.
— Gerry Mulligan
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The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing
— Gerry Mulligan
Who Wrote These Tenor Quotes
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