Quotes of: Musical-instrument Keyword

Country music belongs to America.

Bill Monroe

I don't use old music.

Gyorgy Ligeti

My sons are into German music, but they are into all kinds of music.

Keith Emerson

The music industry is very small.

Rita Ora

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

Walton Goggins

The death of Christ is their meritorious cause; the Spirit of God and his effectual grace their efficient, working instrumentally with power by the word and ordinances.

The Death of Christ

In the wrong hands,” Leto said, “monolithic centralized power is a dangerous and volatile instrument.” - “And your hands are the right ones?

God Emperor of Dune

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

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

The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instruments, it might end up being a little more upbeat.

Marketa Irglova

If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art.

Dani Shapiro

Antiliberals endlessly berate their enemies for "instrumental thinking." But they do not clearly explain the evil of producing better goods at a lower cost.

The Anatomy of Antiliberalism

Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.

In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories and Prayers

God is not looking for incredibly high notes, intricate riffs or award winning ad-libbing. God is looking at the heart.

Instruments of Praise & Acts of Worship

Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.

A Room with a View

Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display.

Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study

El Sufismo es sistematizado sólo por períodos transitorios o limitados; él es principalmente instrumental, no para disfrute o exposición.

Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study

Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.

The Love of Books: The Philobiblion of Richard de Bury

Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.

The Second Sex

Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the marriage of a man and a woman.

The Strain

For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.

The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume I: Jubilate Agno