Instrument Quotes - page 24

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them. (Bruno Dumont)
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. View quote
Ben Vereen
I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats. View quote
Chad Smith
There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.' View quote
Charles Francis Richter
All modern MIDI synthesizers are capable of polyphony, which means they can play more than one note at a time and more than one instrument at a time. View quote
Charles Petzold
When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow. View quote
Charles Stanley
But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or organ player would play - and I need to embrace that in a big way. View quote
Charlie Hunter
My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until I was 24 years old. View quote
Chuck Brown
The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow. View quote
Claudia Rankine
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem. View quote
Clyde Tombaugh
The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems. (Colin Quinn)
I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became a singer because I was too stupid to learn how to play an instrument, I guess. View quote
Cassandra Peterson
The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself. View quote
David Tudor
I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty. View quote
Dallas Roberts
I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school. View quote
Don Cornelius
If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art. View quote
Dani Shapiro
I wanted something that had the feel of a complete band and a variety of instrument. Apart from doing the album for musical satisfaction, I felt it was an important statement for other women - showing you don't have to rely on other people to do things for you. View quote
Danielle Dax
Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone. View quote
Emmylou Harris
Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages. View quote
Eric Topol
I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line. View quote
Evan Parker
It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument. (Eve Arnold)
I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra. View quote
Gerry Mulligan
I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head. View quote
Graham Russell
I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct. View quote
Gustavo Dudamel
Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn. View quote
Gary Burton