"Where words fail, music speaks."
Hans Christian Andersen
"Playing a flute is like writing a book. You're telling what's in your heart."
Eddie Cahill
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician."
Albert Einstein
"If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great oboe player, because we work in tandem."
Joshua Bell
"I can easily understand why someone would get excited about playing the bassoon."
Frank Zappa
"The clarinet...is an epic instrument, like the horns, trumpets, and trombones."
Hector Berlioz
"We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music."
Anat Cohen
"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best, it's like the human voice."
Stan Getz
"I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you get pretty good at it."
Kenny G
"The saxophone is so human."
Joy Harjo