Quotes About Artistry

I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you're going to do it but when you do it.

The cult of the instrument is O.K. for people who are mad about the guitar. But I love music. The guitar is just the instrument I happen to play.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.

Each instrument has something to say to you. It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain things. If you violate that, it's almost a sacrilege!

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

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

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument.

I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head.

If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.

I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.

I've always respected and taken care of my instrument.

My voice isn't an instrument I can just hang up on a hook.

It's been really fun to see what happens to my body when I don't have an instrument attached to it.

The banjo is my chosen instrument - it's what I write my music on.

There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your instrument and not cross over to that tasteless place.

Be it flute, piano or any instrument, there would always be a reason to bring in the particular feel into a song.

I like people who can write and sing, and play an instrument.

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

Everyone thought my first album would be instrumental, but I didn't want to do it - it took me eight months to make.

Writing songs, especially with the instrumental stuff, it's difficult.

I started playing guitar because of instrumental guitar music.

I love doing instrumental records; I love doing that.

As a guitar player, playing instrumental music is a blast.