#tenor

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#discovery #general #hesitation #i #i can

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#age #along #artist #go #must

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration. ↗

— Van Morrison

#belfast #big #did #george #guy

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#course #i #jobs #played #tenor

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#baritone #cannot #functions #orchestral #serve

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#any #extent #french #great #great extent

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#buff #hear #i #i am #myself

I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really. ↗

— Robert Plant

#really #sax #tenor #voice #wanted

You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so! ↗

— Jerome Richardson

#flute #got #guys #like #play

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. ↗

— David Johansen

#irish #librarian #mother #new #new york