Instrument Quotes - page 7

Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor. (Coleman Hawkins)
The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile. View quote
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage. View quote
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
My voice is an instrument. View quote
David Coverdale
As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate your way through these vertical structures of chords. You realize that everything's moving forward, and it's all linear. View quote
David Sanborn
Voice is my instrument. View quote
Debra Wilson
I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards. View quote
Dick Dale
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role. View quote
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always wanted to play other artists. If I can't play an instrument, then I want to play a character that can. There is an artist behind everything, and I think that's beautiful. View quote
Emily Rios
At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day. View quote
Eberhard Weber
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them. (Eberhard Weber)
I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it. View quote
Ed Asner
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers. View quote
Evelyn Glennie
As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values. View quote
Edward H. Levi
With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia. View quote
F. Murray Abraham
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument. View quote
Gary Burton
I can do a gig without an instrument. View quote
Gavin DeGraw
The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument. View quote
Herb Alpert
Each instrument has something to say to you. It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain things. If you violate that, it's almost a sacrilege! View quote
Jerome Richardson
This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self. View quote
Jimmy Rushing
It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best. (Leo Kottke)
Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. View quote
Levon Helm
There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered. View quote
Lara St. John
And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. View quote
Lynn Johnston
I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. View quote
Lee Konitz