"A flute with no holes is not a flute."
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"The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting."
"O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music."
"Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute."
"I was a bit of a tomboy, so I played softball and basketball. Then I was also a cheerleader. And I played flute too."
"This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new."