Instrument Maintenance Quotes

I got a brand new flugelhorn today in this gorgeous case, it's beautiful.

I went through a period in my life where I didn't have money to buy ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly, but I also needed to go to the guitar store and buy strings and picks and polish and rags. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't play guitar.

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

You know, I write songs, I repair guitars.

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?

After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.

My philosophy is, honestly, never collected anything that I don't play. I know a lot of people that collect guitars, but for me, I want instruments that I play. And if I don't play them, I don't' want to have them sitting in a closet collecting dust.

Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.

Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a strong road crew who are devoted and believe in you and protect you, you're totally naked.

I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway.

I've always respected and taken care of my instrument.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.

I have played Yamaha instruments since I was young, specifically their alto saxophones, and I have always appreciated their top-notch quality when it comes to making instruments.

I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so it would always tick me off when a guy is up there, and he'd break a string.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

Rock stars should be able to tune their own guitars, apply their own eyeliner, and pick out their own leather pants.

I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.

My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune.

I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.

I have assigned many of my father's basses to students, without endangering their lives. Also, they do no harm to the fingers.

Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size.