#instruments

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. ↗

— Alan Watts

#being #brain #ears #enchanted #experience

David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn't play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#anything #artist #conceptual #david #instruments

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order! ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#father #had #hide #house #instruments

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#instruments #parts #play #stage #stage play

I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#different #i #i can #instruments #lot

I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#i #instruments #into #kids #little

Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#climbed #function #i #instruments #last

Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no doubt end its days having Green Day songs worked out on it. A better fate was deserved - and while the reverence given to guitars annoys me, I shall miss it. ↗

— Jonny Greenwood

#better #day #days #deserved #doubt

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#connected #emotionally #extension #guitar #i