It was true both of the religious sects like the local church and the pale thin - armed bespectacled atheists of the Larouchies, Randians, and other groups I ran into when I did editing work at certain noted institutions of higher learning. (firstthings.com)
As he himself says: «I paint like a conductor conducting his orchestra hitting certain notes and keys - sometimes it's a frenzy like state.» (visual-arts-cork.com)
When Duke Ellington was asked how he composed his music, he explained that his trumpet player could reach only certain notes and his trombone player, only certain other notes, so he wrote music within those notes. (religion-online.org)