Instruments Quote by Lara St. John

It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the…

— David Gilmour

I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a…

— Evan Parker

A lot of people don't realize that guitar playing is very much like singing or playing any of the glissando-type instruments - you have…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Everyone is a virtuoso on his own instrument, but together they add up to an intolerable cacophony.

— Thomas Bernhard

My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

— T-Pain

I don't consider myself a skilled enough instrumentalist to be able to create the atmosphere that I want with just my guitar by myself.

— Thalia Zedek

I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me…

— Michael Gira

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

— Steve Lacy

My solo music started as a way to really look inwards, and to spend time completely by myself with an instrument, without any outside…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it's supposed to sound like you - the way you walk, the way…

— Miles Davis

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect…

— Stan Getz

You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the subtext, what…

— Marc E. Platt