Baritones Quote by Gerry Mulligan Download Open image “So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone” — Gerry Mulligan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baritones Money Saved
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I… — Jerome Richardson Copy Share Image
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then. — Placido Domingo Copy Share Image
With some of the songs, we brought the pitch down to alto.I'm older, so naturally my voice is lower now. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I bought a tenor but I haven't dedicated the time to it, plus I haven't found a mouthpiece that I like as of yet.… — Charles McPherson Copy Share Image
I was always mimicking high-register singers as a kid but I also studied operating as a baritone because I'm a natural baritone. — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I wish I had a better range, but I really have a super-limited one. Barely a tenor, dips into baritone - that's about it. — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition… — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's voice on… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
All music is is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I never felt like that in my life. I didn't know human beings played these instruments. I heard them in Chicago and Louisville and… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
No baritone player should be afraid of the noise it makes. Harry Carney isn't! — Pepper Adams Copy Share Image
Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The first instrument I had was made in the late '70s. Back then they had basically one tuning. I shifted slightly away from that… — Greg Howard Copy Share Image
The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Consider the number of young people all over the world who are getting married, day in and day out, for no other reason than… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Please God, we're all right here. Please leave us alone. Don't send death in his fat red suit and his ho-ho baritone. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and I generally… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
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