Abstract Quote by Ry Cooder

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that…

— Lauryn Hill

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to…

— Stephen Hopkins

The idea that recording itself is an instrument.

— Michael Snow

I'm just a product of my environment, and it comes out in the music.

— Big Boi

Instruments are just planks of wood, or just computers or whatever, but they help us translate the most difficult aspects of life and make…

— Declan McKenna

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

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.

— Kathy Bates

Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the…

— The Weeknd

I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that your horn,…

— Wayne Shorter

“What if being a special instrument means actually becoming a less visible instrument? Significant work is often unrecognized and unrewarded.”

— Ramon Presson

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to…

— Gerry Mulligan

I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the music; they…

— Michala Petri