#rum

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. ↗

— James Madison

#become #danger #defense #foreign #historically

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#basis #bass #bass player #could #fact

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#confined #everything #humdrum #labored #limited

Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle that a man's home is his castle. Donald Trump's career-long willingness to trample this right tells you everything you need to know about his bogus tea party sideshow. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#begins #bogus #castle #championing #donald

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#each #i #instrumentalist #string #try

I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#count #hand #hits #i #i can

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#computer-generated #divorced #down #guy #instrument

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#beginning #begins #bells #century #divisions

Rumors, stories... I'm used to them. I got my ribs removed, I was on 'The Wonder Years'... You know there's a different story every day. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#different #every #every day #got #i

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of any help the fact that I do acknowledge it then maybe other people will benefit from it because I do have somewhat of a public forum being in the line of work I am. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#am #any #because #being #benefit