Tone Quotes

857 Tone quotes by 657 unique authors

Many love music but for music's sake, Many because her touches can awake Thoughts that repose within the breast half-dead, And rise to follow where… — Walter Savage Landor
If you remove tone from music, you have something, but what? I find it difficult to call it music. — Tamas Vasary
I have never written the music that was in my heart to write; perhaps I never shall with this brain and these fingers, but I… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility… — Hector Berlioz
I figured out how to get the guitar to rumble...I put it on the middle pickup, turn the tone know down, grab it by the… — Stevie Ray Vaughan
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything — Bonnie Raitt
Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some speaker… — Junior Brown
... I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned… — Billy Gibbons
Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived,… — Unknown Author
If I'm going to buy a new guitar, I take it to a good 'hot' room, like a tiled bathroom, and listen to the wood.… — Richard Betts
Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume knob and the… — Steve Vai
When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play… — David Sanborn
Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its… — Raoul Dufy
Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tonesâ€¦it will always stay blue. — Raoul Dufy
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning — Jeff Van Gundy
I carry my thoughts about with me for a long time... before writing them down... once I have grasped a theme. I shall not forget… — Ludwig van Beethoven
The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects. — Steve Vai
Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind independent of the one prevalent… — Albert Schweitzer
I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound.… — Johnny Winter
Quality doesn't mean deep blacks and whatever tonal range. That's not quality, that's a kind of quality. The pictures of Robert Frank might strike someone… — Elliott Erwitt

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