422 Instrument Quotes for You to Enjoy

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing. Luc Ferrari

People don't think of cello as a rock instrument, really, and we want people to know all the possibilities that the cello can offer. Luka Sulic

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We wanted to make a powerful cello sound in order to show to the world the possibilities of the cello and to use it in a different way than the classical way they are used to. We wanted to play something exciting, something crazy, something to draw younger generations to this great instrument. Luka Sulic

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My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd been playing for 18 years, and to give it up would make me feel guilty. But my parents also knew that realistically, I wasn't going to become a concert pianist. Lulu Wang

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I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear. Lupe Fiasco

Life Me Know Instrument Hear Any Want Play

Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons. Madonna Ciccone

I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time. Mads Mikkelsen

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I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument. Mark Foster

Favorite Out Piano Songwriting Instrument Little Started

Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If it's just you, and you're at your favorite piano, or whatever instrument, and you feel comfortable, then somehow, I always feel like it's opening a door and letting whatever is to pass through pass. Marketa Irglova

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My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself. Martin Dempsey

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And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists aren't always wrong. They remind us that a superintelligent machine is the last instrument that humans may ever design - the machine will itself take over in making further steps. Martin Rees

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More than any other instrument, the relationship between an acoustic guitar and a microphone is super-important. The kind of mics that you use and your placement of the mics to the guitar can radically alter your sound. Mat Kearney

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The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument. And I think that's probably a good thing. Matt Bellamy

Good Guitar Become Think Rather Good Thing Lead Instrument Than Thing

The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language. Maurice Druon

Love Respect Language Longer French Instrument Because Glory Loving Themselves

There is only one instrument which is adequate to investigate the things of the spirit, and that is the Spirit itself. Just as it is necessary to train a man for scientific research in the physical world, so also is a long and slow process required to fit oneself for investigation of the spiritual world. Max Heindel

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Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been hyper-sexualized because it's associated with strippers, but if you think about it, just in terms of other kinds of dancing, they're using an instrument to create these amazing dance forms. Megalyn Echikunwoke

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Everybody is someone else's instrument. Michael Wolf

Everybody Else Someone Instrument

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. Mickey Hart

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument. Midge Ure

Guitar First Favorite Instrument Foremost

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. Mike Gordon

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To me, finding sounds, or even recording, is a compositional process. The studio is kind of an instrument. Mike Patton

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