Music Quotes

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

To describe what you’ve read is like explaining music in writing.

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.

I’ll play it first and tell you what it is afterwards.

Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

That’s it! That’s the noise I want to make! (statement when he saw Pete Seeger on TV playing banjo)

In experiments, the plants grew lush foliage and large roots when baroque music was played to them, and they leaned toward the music as if toward the sun.

In music’s sweet harmony, I have all the proof I need of God.

A (film) musician is like a mortician. He can’t bring a body to life, but he can make it look better.