Instrument Quotes - page 26

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself. (Hale White)
The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human voice. We couldn't do what we do without the classical training. It's a hard instrument to play. There are no frets, and it takes finesse and technique to play. View quote
Luka Sulic
Everybody is someone else's instrument. View quote
Michael Wolf
Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can take it anywhere with you - you can play it in your room, in an airport. It's very quiet, so you explore the quiet side. View quote
Mickey Hart
This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument. View quote
Mike Gordon
He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split. View quote
Mimi Rogers
You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, 'This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.' View quote
Mira Nair
That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good instrument to keep the spirit very strong because you feel like you are yourself singing opera, and I used to hear a lot of opera, they send me tapes. View quote
Mordechai Vanunu
I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument. View quote
Marcello Giordani
Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island. View quote
Natalie MacMaster
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. (Omar Bongo)
We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him. View quote
Polly Berrien Berends
A weapon kills people and makes people in cities dominated by fear. But if you turn it into an instrument, it's like social gold. It brings people together and you build trust. View quote
Pedro Reyes
In the end, a gun is an instrument to make someone surrender to your will or die, and music is exactly the opposite - it's seductive and invitational. View quote
Pedro Reyes
In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it. View quote
Robert Gould Shaw
I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable. View quote
Robin Trower
Imagination is an instrument of survival. View quote
Rogier van der Heide
I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn't touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I was seeing the light at the end of the recovery tunnel and was going to live pain-free, I realized again that it was a fun little instrument to play. View quote
Ronnie Montrose
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music. View quote
Roscoe Mitchell
Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world. View quote
Rush D. Holt, Jr.
I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life. (Randy Houser)
I love telling stories, whether I'm the human instrument that helps tell that story, or I'm the man behind the curtain. View quote
Ray McKinnon
For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer. View quote
Sonu Nigam
If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly. View quote
Stefon Harris
My advice to actors? To successful actors, it's, 'sock it away,' and unsuccessful actors, it's just, 'Just keep at it. Don't do it unless you have to do it, and if you have to do it, keep - you've got to keep your instrument in shape.' You just got to keep on getting better. If you're not getting better, you're standing still. View quote
Stephen Lang