James M. Cain Quotes

The violin sings.

The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.

Music is magic.

Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.

I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

My first love was the sound of guitar.

When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.

I was a guitar player first off.

I do a mean mouth trumpet.

The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.

I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was part of it, just being inspired and wanting to try to play an instrument that, to me, sounded beautiful.

I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed in my arms. I fell in love with that instrument, and I still love it today. I love it so much.

I messed around with the guitar from the age of about eight, but when I hit 13, it was the only thing I wanted from life.

I play the guitar every day.

A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test of time.

My first memory of guitar was seeing my father play one.

I like Telecasters because they are so versatile.

Music is an expression, a deep-seated feeling.

Poems are a form of music, and language just happens to be our instrument - language and breath.

I think that Bach has a very nice sound on the lute. But I find that what I want to do with Bach is best revealed on the guitar.

I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was five years old.

As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a guitar that I can use live and in the studio.

Clarinet is an incredible instrument. It's a great, expressive instrument.

My first guitar was an Ibanez semi-hollowbody, I think it was called the Artist, from the early '80s.