Jazz Quote by Jaco Pastorius

Come with uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones...you are invited!

— Anthony Burgess

If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it!

— Nick Cave

Grade 9: I was too small for football, too shy for drama class, but I did have a passion for music. And so, with…

— Jason McCoy

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.

— Richard Strauss

Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

— Richard Strauss

I don't mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin.

— Edwin Land

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

— Gerry Mulligan

In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall.

— Geoff Zanelli

My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player.

— Trombone Shorty

As a member of an escorted tour, you don't even have to know the Matterhorn isn't a tuba.

— Temple Fielding

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

— Richard Wagner

I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.

— Rahsaan Roland Kirk