#instrument

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#changed #falling #falling in love #instrument #like

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#after #instruments #mark #men #nothing

The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#bondage #church #delivering #did #every

The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#acoustic guitar #best #best way #creating #different

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz. ↗

— John Hughes

#instrumental #jazz #listen #listened #much

Since love first made the breast an instrument Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart Was molten to a mirror, like a rose I pluck my breast apart, that I may hang This mirror in your sight. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#fierce #first #flame #hang #heart

What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there. "It's a girl," Jace said,recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace #love #mortal-instruments #humor

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#instrument #life #riches

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#assure #becomes #courage #discussions #efficient

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records. ↗

— Sonny Bono

#got #i #instrument #me #people