- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Accordion Quotes
The instrument that started more careers than you'd think.
These accordion quotes trace the instrument from a seven-year-old's first lesson to Ansel Adams' battered view camera, described here as looking like a giant accordion, showing up in surprisingly varied contexts.
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- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the same pictures... should I have picked trumpet or accordion or guitar, whatever it may be. The sounds in my head are still the same.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ansel Adams rattled around the Southwest with his battered truck and his view camera, which looked like a giant accordion with a lens attached to it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.
- Different Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first dream was to travel. I was attracted to different places, different colors of skin, different food. When I was 18 in 1977, I went to Europe with my accordion and discovered the pleasure of entertaining people.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020