#trumpet

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight. ↗

— Jackson Browne

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I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#been #better #bit #case #early

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#circles #clifford #considered #ever #greatest

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#lyrical #singing #trumpet

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#classical guitar #guitar #i #piano #play

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#because #came #dad #his #idol

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#couple #enjoyed #face #had #i

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#artist #blow #defiance #every #exists

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#fight #get #getting #into #like

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#because #get #i #like #lips