#accordion

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't. ↗

— Connie Francis

#because #definitely #encouraged #had #hated

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#bass #beautifully #cello #perfect #string

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?' ↗

— Alfred Schnittke

#composer #concerto #do you know #experience #first

Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#death #fathers #death

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#acid #am #bob #demon #denver

Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#around #conversation #down #floor #i

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#crowds #front #great #i #knew

Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#admiral #assistant #big #car #chief

I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much. ↗

— Amy Grant

#allows #each #feel #fold #found

I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#band #even #i #less #minutes