Trumpet Quotes

Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten.

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

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

I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.

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

I wrap my heart in yours, placing divulged faith in the whole of your being, wistfully awaiting the trumpet you return.

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day.

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.

We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before.

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.

I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

I'm a terrible trumpet player.

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