#trumpet

On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead. ↗

— Don Ellis

#behind #dead #his #lets #long

We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before. ↗

— Robert James Graves

#distinct #distorts #dr #ear #hearing

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. ↗

— Theodore Hesburgh

#essence #leadership #trumpet #uncertain #very

Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. ↗

— J. Donald Walters

#leadership #opportunity #self-importance #serve #trumpet

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

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#get #life #like #out #put

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom. ↗

— E.B. White

#the-trumpet-of-the-swan #freedom

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. ↗

— Norman Wisdom

#drums #french #french horn #horn #i

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance. ↗

— William Gilbert

#blow #bound #chance #enhance #haven