Andres Segovia

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#body #chest #forward #guitar #heart

Among God's creatures two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not to be separated from the man. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#creatures #dog #god #guitar #man

You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#because #eternity #i #i am #i think

I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#had #i #play #still #three

When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#circle #composers #guitar #guitarists #i

Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer? ↗

— Andres Segovia

#electric #heard #matter #singer #violin

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#different #different color #every #guitar #orchestra

The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#piano #screams #teeth #touch #you