Brass Quote by Richard Strauss

Brass has a very distinctive sound. It's delicate but powerful, but it's also melancholic and plaintive.

— Johann Johannsson

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to…

— Wynton Marsalis

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?

— Thomas Beecham

Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.

— Richard Strauss

Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.

— Richard Strauss

When I play, I mute with the pad of my hand; it's just a feel thing. If the string is ringing out a little…

— Cliff Williams

Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.

— Claude Debussy

The trumpet does not more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.

— Charles Lamb

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility

— Charles Lamb

I don't want to blow my own trumpet but the aim of the game is to hit and not get hit and that is…

— Anthony Yarde

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

— Will Rogers

You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

— Theodore Hesburgh