Top Trumpet Quotes
Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
William Christopher Handy
Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.
William Christopher Handy
Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.
Freddie Hubbard
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.
Bill Frisell
Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
Wynton Marsalis
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Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
William Christopher Handy 
60% of people like this quote
Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.
William Christopher Handy
58% of people like this quote
Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.
Freddie Hubbard
57% of people like this quote
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.
Bill Frisell
57% of people like this quote
Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
Wynton Marsalis
56% of people like this quote
A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.
Alec Guinness
56% of people like this quote
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