French Horn Quotes

• One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?

  Franz Schubert

  Art, Blow, Horny

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• Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

  David Amram

  July, Issues, Horny

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• Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.

  Ewan McGregor

  Thinking, Horny, Band

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2002.

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

  Norman Wisdom

  Play, Piano, Horny

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I love the French horn.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Cuernos

  "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.

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• ¿Cómo sería un equipo de fútbol si todos fueran porteros? ¿Cómo sería una orquesta si todos fueran trompas?

  Desmond Tutu

  Soccer, Teamwork, Orchestra

  Desmond Tutu John Allen (2011). "Dios no es cristiano", p.50, Random House

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• On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.

  Richard Strauss

  Perfect, Balance, Conducting

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• I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.

  Otto Graham

  Football, Smart, Mistake

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• I'm interested in finding sounds and ideas that help bring the audience into the world that we [moviemakes] are all trying to create. Sometimes that's with synthesizers, and sometimes that's with French horns. I love using all of them, depending on the scenario.

  Joseph Trapanese

  Ideas, Trying, World

  Fuente: collider.com

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• The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did bird imitations…repeatedly, and the reed instruments had the good taste to admire my jacket. The Trumpets held a parade in honor of our great nation, while the French Horns waxed nostalgic about something or other. The Trombones had too much to drink. The Percussion beat the band, and the Tuba stayed home playing cards with his landlady, the Harp, taking sips of warm milk a blue little cup. “But the Composer is still dead.

  Daniel Handler

  Home, Fate, Blue

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• I never felt like that in my life. I didn't know human beings played these instruments. I heard them in Chicago and Louisville and St. Louis all my life, you know? But I didn't know human beings played them, you know? So the next day I went to Coontz Junior High School and I started on sousaphone, tuba, B-flat baritone, E-flat alto, French horn, trombone.

  Quincy Jones

  School, Next Day, Juniors

  "Quincy Jones Recalls "Freaking Out" at Michael Jackson's Death and His Private Nickname for the Star". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2015.

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• I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Play, Piano, Tubas

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