Acoustics Quote by Marie Daulne

I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.

— Anonymous

Voice is the first instrument.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I really am a firm believer that if you're going to do something musically, you really need to know what that music would have…

— John Debney

Most records, you build from the drums and bass up. This one, we started with the vocals in Nashville and recorded them live with…

— Andrew Bird

I traveled to a library in South Africa called ILAM (International Library of African Music), which has a collection of about 500 different instruments…

— Ludwig Goransson

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

— Robert Wyatt

It became a bit of a challenge to make an album that is essentially quite alternative sounding, and has a lot of sounds that…

— Will Farquarson

With every album that I do, I try to feature a new instrument or sound.

— Flying Lotus

I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.

— Abbey Lincoln

I'm very aware of what, say, electric guitar recordings in the '60s sounded like.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I've always been fascinated by the idea of creating music using only vocals.

— Mitch Grassi

I have recorded with a 60-piece orchestra, and it gives me satisfaction to have done an album entirely with acoustic instruments.

— Santhosh Narayanan