Instruments Quote by Marc Ribot

We needed to make a sound that's not gonna fit in with everything else - we wanted to make something that was completely unique…

— Zayn Malik

Different musical instruments provide for different music.

— Amos Oz

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

— Charles Ives

It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.

— Ezra Koenig

Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for…

— John Cage

The smaller the instrument or more hidden it is such as electronics, the more esoteric it becomes and in my mind becomes boring watching…

— Dan Deacon

Every orchestra has its own sound.

— Simon Rattle

So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a…

— Luc Ferrari

I wanted to hear sounds of everyday objects - even musical instruments - as things.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

At last a dream come true. The Instrument of Instruments.

— Mick Fleetwood

I've been playing one way or another since I was about three years old. I don't remember not knowing how to play any instruments.

— Frank Fairfield

“The characteristic sounds of a trumpet, oboe, banjo, piano, or violin are due to the distinct cocktail of harmonic frequencies that each instrument produces.…

— Walter Lewin