#instrument

I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the instrument that's evolved the most, especially with how it's perceived. And even how it's played, and how it's viewed from a point of view of commerce, like with the music industry. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

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There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

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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. ↗

— Bill Frisell

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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

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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. ↗

— Johann Sebastian Bach

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The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

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I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments. ↗

— Beck

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I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring. ↗

— Kim Deal

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In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#culture #everyone #find #fingers #get