I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.
Stevie Nicks

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.
Richard Thompson

I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.
Ben Nicholson

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
Alanis Morissette

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.
Bill Frisell

I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me.
Jerry Hunt

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.
Luc Ferrari

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.
Don Henley

I think one of the best things you can do, no matter what you play, is to take up piano. Music is based on chord changes and harmonies, and you can get 'em more out of an instrument like piano, where you can hear all the notes at once.
John Haley Sims

I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring.
Kim Deal

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
Lee Konitz

I use my voice as an instrument.
Enya

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!
Humphrey Lyttelton

I wanted something that had the feel of a complete band and a variety of instrument. Apart from doing the album for musical satisfaction, I felt it was an important statement for other women - showing you don't have to rely on other people to do things for you.
Danielle Dax

I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.
Jay London

I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old.
Mel Torme

I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.
Nastassja Kinski

I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument.
Trevor Rabin

I'm not here to battle anybody. In the end it's just an instrument. That shouldn't be a concept.
Eric San

I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.
Rosemary Clooney