69 Trumpet Quotes for You to Enjoy

Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do... The trumpet requires a lot of diligence, and I haven't had the time. Flea

Time Diligence Peppers Had Hot Red Stuff Lot Trumpet Being Chili Requires Dad

I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up. Flea

Old Jazz Years Trumpet Up Wanted Grew Player Started Playing

I played trumpet in the school bands. I learned things I liked to play on my trumpet, but I didn't learn why this note goes with this note and why it produces that sound. Or how to create tension in the composition. Flea

School Composition Tension Liked Learn Learned How Sound Trumpet Bands Goes Note Create Produces Why Play Things Played

The first beat that I ever made that I thought was actually worth a damn was called 'Toilet Paper Nostrils,' and I made it when I had a cold. I had the worst cold ever. And I had toilet-paper nostrils making music, but it was really reflective of how I felt. It was a really sad trumpet sound. Flying Lotus

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly. Frankie Avalon

Learn Trumpet Very Quickly Fortunate Play Started

The computer is not, in our opinion, a good model of the mind, but it is as the trumpet is to the orchestra - you really need it. And so, we have very massive simulations in computers because the problem is, of course, very complex. Gerald Edelman

Good You Problem Mind Our Complex Computer Computers Massive Course Because Opinion Trumpet Very Model Orchestra Really Need

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. Gerry Mulligan

Top Kind Facility Without Always Trumpet Same Wanted Shouting

Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American media outlets dutifully trumpet in headlines that the dead were 'militants' - even though those media outlets literally do not have the slightest idea of who was actually killed. Glenn Greenwald

Time Every Every Time Virtually Slightest Those Though Muslims Outlets Fires Idea Headlines Missile Dead Were Trumpet American Ends Literally Who Even Media Lives Actually

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument. Herb Alpert

Singing Lyrical Instrument Trumpet

I do a mean mouth trumpet. James Norton

Mouth Trumpet Mean

I hate to say it, but Christmas as a kid was always a moneymaking venture for me. I played trumpet, and a friend of mine who played trombone and a guy who played tuba, every Christmas we'd go out for three or four days beforehand and play Christmas carols on our horns. John Tesh

Christmas Me Hate Three Every Our Mine Say Kid Out Horns Guy Trombone Days Venture Always Go Trumpet Beforehand Friend Tuba Who Play Moneymaking Four Played

I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet. Johnny Flynn

Music Background Classical Classical Music Studied Trumpet Violin

I've always been a music fan. I played trumpet. When I was in 4th grade, we were getting demos from the music teacher about different instruments we could play, and I said I wanted to play the trumpet right away. It was easy: it just had three valves. Kurt Vile

Teacher Music Three Easy About Could Had Instruments Said Always Demos Were Been Trumpet Grade Getting Just Different Wanted Fan Away Play Right Played Right Away

The trumpet is forceful. Lester Bowie

Forceful Trumpet

As long as I have teeth, I'll keep playing. You can't play trumpet without teeth. Lionel Ferbos

You Long Teeth Without Trumpet Keep Play Playing

A lot of artists are scared when they see trumpet players show up - they like, 'Nah, that ain't what I want.' I try to tell them, 'Dude, I'll give you trademark Mannie Fresh, but it's not about keyboards and a drum machine.' Mannie Fresh

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar. Mike Figgis

Guitar Classical Classical Guitar Piano Studied Trumpet Play

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. Norman Wisdom

Saxophone Clarinet Horn Piano Drums French French Horn Trumpet Play Play Drums

Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. Pat Metheny

Me First Somehow Point Instrument Reference Trumpet Actually

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