#accordion

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

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#came #couple #couple times #gave #i

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#france #going #hunting #like #war

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine. ↗

— Toots Thielemans

#bought #cardboard #father #got #i