Instrument Quotes

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.

I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.

No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.

I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.

You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.

To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.

I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.

But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?

The harmonica is a great instrument.

I stand before you a changed man. Use me as an example of an instrument of change.

You don't know what inspires you. You like to think you know what inspires you, but in the final analysis I don't think you really do. It's great to look at a blank sheet of paper, you know, and walk up to an instrument and not know what's gonna happen. It's the most challenging thing I do.

A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

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.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

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.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household.