#instruments

There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#cello #effort #even #finding #framing

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

— James Madison

#become #danger #defense #foreign #historically

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#defined #instruments #jazz #more #much

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#instruments #much #orchestra #other #point

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it. ↗

— Vince Neil

#good #good time #guys #i #i think

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#arm #better #haste #his #i

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#indian #instruments #mix #time #western

Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#direction #instruments #modern #sound #throw

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

— Roger Bannister

#enjoy #horn #i #instruments #me

So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments. ↗