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Instrument Quotes

On tools of power, of harm, and of pure musical joy.

This collection stretches the word 'instrument' from a warning about television's grip on a country to a simple, affectionate line about the harmonica. Explore more under Music quotes.

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

Quotes by Midge Ure

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played.

Quotes by Mick Taylor

I don't play an instrument. I pretend. I try to.

Quotes by Matt Berninger

I can't remember when I didn't have an instrument around.

Quotes by Marty Stuart

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

Quotes by Marcello Giordani

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

Leo Tolstoy

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

Quotes by Lee Konitz

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.

Quotes by Kerry Washington

When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy.

Quotes by Julia Holter

The accordion was the first instrument I played, when I was 7 years old.

Quotes by Jose Feliciano

The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.

Quotes by John Fogerty

I am a trombone player, and that was my first instrument.

Quotes by Johann Johannsson

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

Quotes by Jerrold Nadler

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.

Quotes by Jackson Browne

Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

Quotes by Isaac Barrow

I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.

Quotes by Irving Penn

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Quotes by Herbert Marcuse

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

Quotes by Herb Alpert

In reality, I never even got to have a Hank Williams instrument. I got a tie, a fishing lure and a check.

Quotes by Hank Williams III

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.

Quotes by Hale White

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Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of Instrument quotes are on this page?
This collection uses 'instrument' in several senses: musical instruments like the harmonica, and broader tools of power such as television, globalization, and war. It shows how one word can span both art and geopolitics.
Why do people search for quotes about instruments?
Musicians often quote lines celebrating their instrument of choice, while writers and thinkers use the same word to describe tools that shape society. This page brings both kinds of quotes together in one place.
Is there a quote here about a specific musical instrument?
Yes, one simple line calls the harmonica a great instrument, a short but heartfelt tribute. Readers interested in similar tributes can browse Music quotes.
Does this collection include a warning about television's influence?
It does, with a quote describing television as an instrument capable of paralyzing an entire country. It is framed as a media-influence observation rather than a comment on any specific broadcaster.
Is there a quote about war as an instrument?
Yes, one entry argues that war is an inefficient instrument for correcting wrongs, since it tends to multiply losses rather than resolve them fairly. It is included as a sober, anti-war reflection rather than a political statement about any conflict.

Weightier entries frame globalization and war as instruments shaping the wider world, each carrying its own cost. See Expression or Creativity quotes next.