#accordion

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

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

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