A noble space, unlike any other of our time, for it is both strong and delicate. It seems to call at once for a Boeing 747 and for a string quartet.
If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.
I tried playing electric for awhile and it just didn't work out. My reflexes are centered on the six string acoustic. I just played the electric too hard and it sounded awful, so I gave it up.
[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently place, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.
I've started a little independent record label called 'Six String Productions' and recorded a couple of tunes, and I hope to do some more with some future artists next year. It's a real passion project of mine.
The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.
I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There's something - I don't want to sound ungrateful - but there's something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. You meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands, really. It's very old and traditional, But then, you know, so is an orchestra and so is the string section.
Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the Past
In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.
and yet, you never knew wwhat you were capable of until you arrived at that given moment. Life was just a whole string of spots where you continued to surprise yourself.
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
Reading to kids is to ordinary reading what jazz is to a string quartet.
First you find a little thread, a little thread leads you to a string, and the string leads you to a rope. And from the rope you hang by the neck.
A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart; I can't make any mistakes'.
I've Got the World on a String.
We are co-creators with God, not puppets on a string waiting for something to happen.
Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.
Nylon string is still a new love and I'm not tired of it yet.
The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
Hogslop is the real deal groovilicious honkin old-time string band. Guaranteed old-time awesomeness with these fellas around!