For people who live their lives in classical music the Three Tenors is a kind of benign tumor: unsightly but not life threatening. Votes: 6
I play saxophone, I play tenor sax. Votes: 4
I am a tenor buff. I hear myself. Votes: 4
A tenor is not a man but a disease. Votes: 4
I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice. Votes: 4
A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk. Votes: 4
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. Votes: 4
Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone. Votes: 4
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. Votes: 4
Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life. Votes: 4
The question who ought to be boss is like who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tunor. Votes: 4
In fact, the capitalist class in the '50s was sort of part of a social contract. It was part of the tenor of the times. Votes: 4
When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration. Votes: 4
To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony. Votes: 4
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna. Votes: 4
The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body. Votes: 4
You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so! Votes: 4
My grammar school graduating class in 1941 had a little party for 13 or 14 year-old kids. [Trumpeter] King Kolax's band played for the party and Gene Ammons was playing tenor saxophone with the band. And that's when I said, "That's it!" Just like that, tunnelvision ever since. Votes: 4
I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had. Votes: 4
I will sing whatever I'm given to sing. Growing up, I would sing anything that I was given. If the choir needed a first tenor, I would sing first tenor. If they needed a bass, I would sing bass. Throughout my life, I just figured out ways to hit notes I needed to hit. Votes: 4
Alto (saxophone) is just a very hard instrument; there's so few people that play it really well. I feel it's the best one, too, now. At first I didn't feel that way; I wanted to be a tenor player. It took a long time for me to feel that alto was the most expressive of the saxophones. Votes: 4
Tenors get women by the score. Votes: 3
God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity. Votes: 3
I remember watching the Three Tenors at the World Cup in 1990, and it was amazing. They made opera accessible to the man in the street. Votes: 3
This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors. Votes: 0
There is not many tenors in the male category and that makes me stick out. Votes: 0
Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?) Votes: 0
Scottish bagpipe has two tenors and one bass - three drone pipes - and then the one chanter. If you put bagpipes together, it creates such a fine sound. Votes: 0
In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do. Votes: 0