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Clarinet Quotes & Sayings

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Love is the breastplate of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin ... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good. — Sara Zarr

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones. — Gerry Mulligan

I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know. — Acker Bilk

Her voice was warm and husky as a clarinet, but not so sad as a clarinet: friendlier. When she laughed, it was like a clarinet blowing bubbles. — Katherine Catmull

The impact of T.V. on our lives in general gets most things out of proportion. — Jasper Carrott

My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim. — Ruth Reichl

The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two. — Ambrose Bierce

The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold. — Victor Borge

Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now. — Gore Vidal

I've always liked using flutes and clarinets. Any time I can use those, I'm really happy. — A.C. Newman

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. — Norman Wisdom

I always imagined music trapped inside my clarinet, not trapped inside of me. But what if music is what escapes when a heart breaks? — Jandy Nelson

If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case! — Eddie Condon

No birdcall is the musical equal of a clarinet blown with panache. — Edward Hoagland

I believe in good luck, and the harder I work and the more I believe in myself, the luckier I get. — Thomas Jefferson

I have never wanted someone so badly before, mentally and physically, that I was afraid my body might act without any instructions from me. — Karina Halle

The viola and the clarinet made for an interesting pairing: we had to imagine the accompaniment of other instruments, ideally a violin and a cello. — Nicholas Christopher

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records. — Alvin Lee

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

He was young and tall, his hair was the color of fresh corn, his fingers were as thick as cigars, and he had his clarinet with him. — Peter Baida

Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music. — Artie Shaw

I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone. — Joel Murray

It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate. — Courteney Cox

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more. — Patti Smith

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets. — Pete Fountain

Barney Bigard's clarinet, — Haruki Murakami

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less. — Artie Shaw

You can sweat by not practicing or you can pick up your clarinet. There's good sweat and there's bad sweat. — Eric Maisel

You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day. — Martial

Her father had been forced to cancel her clarinet lessons after the neighbors complained about the practicing. — Jeanne Birdsall

Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life. — Paul Simon

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. — Fred Allen

I hate it when people use stuff and don't replace — Kim Harrison

Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. — Artie Shaw

My best writing happens when I'm fighting to produce it. — Carla H. Krueger

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz