#tenor

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk. ↗

— Alec Guinness

#muffled #silk #silver #superb #tenor

They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say sing a song for our friends. I had a sweet voice, I had a nice little tenor voice. God knows what I sang, but my whole family would admire me. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#family #friends #god #had #i

This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#eight #four #i #i am #over

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#discovery #general #hesitation #i #i can

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#age #along #artist #go #must

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration. ↗

— Van Morrison

#belfast #big #did #george #guy

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#course #i #jobs #played #tenor

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#baritone #cannot #functions #orchestral #serve

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#any #extent #french #great #great extent

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#buff #hear #i #i am #myself