Quotes on Accordions

To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging onto her as she hauled the words in and breathed them out. A voice played the notes inside her. This, it said, is your accordion.

I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much.