Harmonica Quotes

“I daydream about a high school where everybody plays the harmonica: the students, the teachers, the principal, the janitor and the cook in the cafeteria.”
― Richard Brautigan, Tokyo-Montana Express

“So, you never can tell what will happen when you learn to play the harmonica.”
― Robert McCloskey, Lentil

“I got a new golf bag. I keep it full of sad harmonica tunes that I hand out like Halloween candy to all the rainy-eyed players.”
― Jarod Kintz, To be good at golf you must go full koala bear

“I got to tell you, that if it weren't for that harmonica music, i might of just packed up and gone home, but it made me feel so good, I can hardly describe it. Sort of like my whole body is the harmonica and the music give me goosebumps when I play it.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“It seemed to Kya that when Chase played these melancholy tunes was when he most had a soul.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“Sir, I cannot sing. I have no formal training. I do not read music. And I know this is a church - but I play a mean harmonica.”
― Matt Weber, Fearing the Stigmata: Humorously Holy Stories of a Young Catholic's Search for a Culturally Relevant Faith

“The harmonica has musical wind, and is the breath of soul. It’s like a sad, lonely I love you lost in the breeze.”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“I went to a theater two nights ago. I know, you’re probably wondering if Abe Lincoln got shot. But no, I visited 1865 last week, and I stayed for a few years while perfecting my harmonica ears.”
― Jarod Kintz, Me and memes and memories

“If You Can Breathe, You Can Play Harmonica.”
― Aishwary Sharma

“A blues harmonica player doesn't just play notes—they tell stories with every breath, bending sorrow into beauty and struggle into soul.”
― Lightnin Joe Meyering Sr