Different Quote by Elliott Carter

“The viola and the clarinet made for an interesting pairing: we had to imagine the accompaniment of other instruments, ideally a violin and a…

— Nicholas Christopher

The Quartets have been a major part of my work.

— Elliott Carter

We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever I could…

— Trombone Shorty

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

— Eberhard Weber

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

— Josephine Baker

It's quite a trick to use three instruments to tell the story of two people, but Vores carried it off; three, for once, is…

— Richard Dyer

The great thing about string quartets is the players are kind of like family. They work really well as a unit, so you can…

— Terry Riley

We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.

— Brian May

We need to play each others instruments.

— Steven Johnson

I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments.

— Jeff Ament

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

— Dev Hynes

I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.

— Adrian Belew