"Music is my mistress and she plays second…" — Duke Ellington

More Fiddle Quotes

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• I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. — Theodore Bikel
• The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle. — Leonard Bernstein
• We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may… — Mark Twain
• How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case… — Katherine Mansfield
• A strange thing has happened - while all the other arts were born naked, this, the youngest, has been born… — Virginia Woolf
• If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He… — Duke Ellington
• Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music,… — Paul Zollo
• There are tons of people in the West who love fiddles, banjos and mandolins. If you got to any cowboy… — Michael Martin Murphey
• He liked to think that Heaven was what each person wanted it to be. He could see no future in… — Elmer Kelton
• This is a fantasy fiddle tune. The part you fantasize is the fiddle. — Guy Clark
• Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I… — Iron & Wine
• By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income… — Ron Paul

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