#instrumental

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#any #clearly #english #goes #i

I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene. ↗

— Andrew Morton

#bbc #family #i #inflated #instrumental

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#basically #blues #clapton #early #english

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#beauty #begins #both #cannot #chess

I had my first 'Survivor Series' in 1991 and I was fortunate enough to be an instrumental part of the shows I was on. ↗

— Ric Flair

#first #fortunate #had #i #instrumental

They didn't know anything about the candidates and things of that sort. So they needed guidance. And that league was very instrumental in directing the people in the direction to go. ↗

— Charles Phillips

#anything #candidates #directing #direction #go

The 'polymath' had already died out by the close of the eighteenth century, and in the following century intensive education replaced extensive, so that by the end of it the specialist had evolved. The consequence is that today everyone is a mere technician, even the artist... ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#pedagogy #education

DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more. ↗

— Adrian Belew

#dust #includes #instrumentals #live #more

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#fact #good #good manager #i #instrumental

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine. ↗

— John Fogerty

#anything #done #enjoyed #even #i