Band Related Quotes/Inside Jokes
Serious Quotes -
"Don't play the notes, play the music!" ~Mr E
"Go into the practice room often, but don't come out until something has been changed" ~Don Sinta
"If you want it, you can get it. It's out there" ~Mr. L
"It's the good of the ensemble, not the good of the individual" ~ Jamy A.
"With this form of art, you don't get an eraser. Once you've played it, you can't go back." ~Mr. E
"If you're going to musically say something again, say it differently"~Mr. E
"If I give you a fish, I feed you for a day, but if I teach you to fish, I feed you for a lifetime"~Mr. E (about telling people they are flat/sharp vs. them realizing that it is flat/sharp.)
"If you know your music, you'll be fine"~Me
"Even if you're not successful, you can still be significant."~Mr. E
Silly Quotes - 8th Grade
Tump-te-tump! ~Katey
And the band is STILL playing! ~Katey
Will I cough up woodchips if I eat this reed? ~Me
Saxamaphonish! ~Drew S.
Mr. Case and the yak! ~Ellen, Kristen, and Dave W.
French horn spit and the ants in the practice room! ~Barb, Katey
Eww! Trumpet Spit! ~8th grade flute section
Mr. L, how are clarinets made? ~8th grade lesson group
9th Grade
Can i break it? ~Me
I like horn! ~Mr. V
It's a hoot!/It's a gas! ~Mr E
Let's get down and SEXY! ~Mr. E (last summer band)
I'll give it to you, E! In your face! ~Mr. E
Barb? What? Blast! ~Barb
Popcorn party! ~Barb
Barb, play downbeats! ~Mr. E
Bring in the harpoon! ~Mr. E
Za za za... ~Mr. E
Yell 5, yell 5... ~Barb
On Wisconsin! WISCONSIN!!! ~Barb
It's not lavender, IT'S PURPLE!!! ~Dr. Tim
BLOW!!!! ~Dr. Tim
::Left left, right right:: ~Katey, Barb, Me
We don't get one of these. ~Mr. E
You're fired! ~Mr E
Oh. Girls don't wear hair pins anymore. ~Mr. Benson
There goes Mr. Bigshot without his coat... ~Tino's Mom
You need to play with more...taste. ~Mr. L
Hehe, I'm going down the ramp! ~Barb
Horns - RAMP 'EM! ~Mr. E
It's too plain, it's just like Zaaaaaaa.... ~Mr E
Beep! (what Barb has to do if she misses her high B!) ~Me
Can we have some more breadsticks? ~Everyone sitting at our table at the Olive Garden
Mini E, you complete me! ~Barb
He doesn't sleep well away from home... ~Tino's Mom and Barb
Trumpets, you need to play with more balls. ~Mr. V.
Here's a "Grainger Event!" ~Mr E
What is this?! This is not forte! ~Mr E
Yo! Shut yo bloody hole! ~Mr E
This song isn't high on my "like meter", so I'm not gonna practise it! Hmmph! ~Mr. E
It's all up to how high your "how bad do I want it" meter is. ~Mr. E
We need to get our fingers under our hands better. ~Mr. E (I think he was trying to say, we need to get the notes under our fingers better) LOL!
I'll wait... ~Mr. V
Clamato juice! ~Katey, Me, Katie, Drew and Jim
Man your Bb's! ~Katey
Whadda ya get? R! ~Katey, Barb, Katie
Grumble ~Me (yes, grumble emerged in the band room, and i made it up!) =)
Down the line! Down the line! ~Annoying trumpet players that always get in trouble
Eunofoam! ~Barb
Trombonium! ~Barb
Band Nerds Forever! ~Barb and Melissa
I can't believe we practiced into the year 2000! ~Barb and Melissa
It's the band mascot! ~Barb
Graingerisms! ~S. McKoin
Zump-Bump-Be-Doo-Da-Dee Euhh! ~S. McKoin (Subdividing triplets)
Well, my like meter was broken before I was born! Etc.. ~Barb and Me
I'm hungry! Aren't graham crackers amazing? ~ Liz
Get your hands off his tuba! ~Mr. V
That's not mezzo forte! That's mezzo chicken! ~Mr. E
Sorry if I'm being PMS-y, but... ~Mr. E
Yes, I am pissed. ~Mr. E
Do the shoes match? ~Barb and Katey
Gunk gunk gunk gunk Bloody Mary... ~Mr. V
Stingy b@$t@rd! ~Mrs. Shafer
Make it sound rawcus! ~Mr. E
Let's have a little saxophone party! ~Mr. E
Can you give this to Mr. Tino?...Mr. Tino...that sounds like a hairdryer or something! ~Mr. E
Get together and have a pow wow! ~Mr. E
This part sucks, and sucks is a bad word! ~Mr. E
This is a burlesque, so basically it's a wh*re-house...~Tino
Mmmm...Tuba...~Mr. E
Hey Mrs. Vit-oops...I mean, Miss B?~Me and Katey
Git off me cheese! ~Everyone on bus 1
I'd know if I were sitting on a can.~Carin, Katey
The nose knows!~Carin, Katey, Barb
Braun. Beauty. Brains.(the billboard at NYC)~Katey, Barb, Carin
...And I was walking around the hotel room naked...~Liz
801! ~Frank, Dave, all their friends...
The words that come to mind are...S-U-C-K, S-T-I-N-K, and P-O-O-P....with a Y. ~Mr. E
I'm sorry if I'm being a jerk, but I'm being a jerk. ~Mr. E
Carnagie Hall...Home of the one hour song! ~Katey
Drink the milk, eat the cookies, and LEAVE THE BABIES ALONE!~Guy playing a guitar on the street
You guys missed so many notes, I'm gonna hafta sweep them all off the floor afterwards! ~Mr. E
Ooh! I'm doing the limbo!~Mr. E
Can I have my box back? ~Mr. E
Show those percussionists to mount and blow Mr. V!~Bill
Senza Vibrato means no vibrato...I think he wants it to sound all weird and unearthy... ~Mr. E
Now play it again without me cheerleading ~Mr. E
Shoooooes!~Barb, Lishi, Me, Katey, Nadds, and Katie
Urn! ~Barb
Don't play this phrase so it sounds milk-toast? (I have no clue what Mr. E said there...it sounded like milk-toast to me!) (Ugh, silly Danielle...)
Hey...they spelled Chorus wrong! Oh...woops, it's choir! ~Me
I want to join the laxative pep band! ~Barb (lacrosse pep band)
Yell 1, it's a classic! ~Lacrosse Pep Band
Ames + J = James! ~Me
Ahh! I feel like you guys are gonna chop my head off and shrink it! ~Mr. E
The ::something:: is in the pudding! ~Mr. E
Don't be lemmings! Don't follow! Be your own person! ~Mr. E
Presstitissimo...It's like 10 cups of coffee! ~Mr. E
Sugar Plum Fairy Crap!~Mr. E
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