Colour Quote by James Elkins

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

I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra playing my…

— Laura Mvula

I actually prefer to hear small groups of instruments. Orchestras seem to lack a texture for me, or variety of texture. There's only about…

— Stephin Merritt

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest

— James Levine

I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

— Dido Armstrong

My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony…

— B. B. King

To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.

— Jose Feliciano

“The bands of color in a rainbow remind me of my band, Bands of Color. We’re not very musical, but we sure are bright.”

— Jarod Kintz

I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with orchestral composing,…

— Wendy Carlos

I always see colors when I listen to music. It's difficult to explain, but when I hear the music I think about gold, blood…

— Charli XCX

Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction,…

— Eberhard Weber

I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this…

— Arvo Part