#instrument

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! ↗

— Humphrey Lyttelton

#ceiling #comes #i #instrument #into

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. ↗

— James Madison

#become #danger #defense #foreign #historically

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#basis #bass #bass player #could #fact

The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#armed #armed forces #election #ever #first

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

— Kenneth Miller

#electric #expressive #instrument #match #mystery

I'm Magnus Bane." he went on in a soothing tone, stretching out his ringed hands. Blue sparks had begun to dance between them like bioluminescence dancing water. "I'm the warlock who's here to cure you. Didn't they tell you I was comming?" "I know who you are, but..." Maia looked dazed. "You look so... so... shiny. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-bane #maia #mortal-instruments #funny

The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing. ↗

— Charles Munch

#burden #collective #conscience #every #his

I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a good thing. People do their early albums very stripped down, then each album becomes bloated. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#album #albums #becomes #bloated #definitely

Well, yeah, I wanted to resist the urge to thicken everything up with instrumentation, because I just felt like I was interested in seeing how the songs did on their own. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#did #everything #felt #how #i

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else. ↗

— Jason Newsted

#else #i #instruments #my time #play