Music making Quote by William Shakespeare

Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.

— William Shakespeare

“Pipes are not to be used for teaching, nor any artificial instruments, as the harp, or the like: but whatsoever will make the hearers…

— St. Thomas Aquinas

“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.”

— John Keats

“You can't make music, if you don't know how to play the.... instrument.”

— ADBanyan

“...you play the instrument you have.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Mr. Bass, would you say you fish a lot? Or do you prefer strumming stringed instruments?”

— Jarod Kintz

“We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you now to know with which ear you'll listen.”

— Ray Bradbury

“Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me?”

— Khalil Gibran

“One must have the music in his heart before he can play it on the strings.”

— Carlos Montoya

“The horn . . . is the joint hardest instrument to learn. . . . (The other is the oboe).”

— Jasper Rees

“I play the only instrument that takes in music rather than propelling it out: the ear trumpet. Don’t bother snickering at me—I am deaf…

— Jarod Kintz

“I want to drum up interest for instruments that are played by beating them with sticks.”

— Jarod Kintz