#rum

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

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ↗

— George Santayana

#enslave #free #instruments #seldom #their

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. ↗

— George Santayana

#function #instrument #mind #operation #reward

The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I loved. Now I hold the drum at night and I want to go to bed with it. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#believe #down #drum #given #go

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#current #famous #instruments #know #most

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. ↗

— May Sarton

#back #circles #down #everything #forces

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#bobby #bobby kennedy #both #both sides #courage

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#infamous #instrument #means #revenge #sensual

But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#amateur #any #became #compose #did

The human voice is the first and most natural musical instrument, also the most emotional. ↗

— Klaus Schulze

#emotional #first #human #human voice #instrument