A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
-Leopold Stokowski
Quotations
Music
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
-George Eliot
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die
-Paul Simon
A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.
-Rob Sheffield
"Love is a Mix Tape"
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
-Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring its memory.
-Oliver Sacks
One good thing about music is, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
-Bob Marley
Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.
-Modest Mouse
"Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News"
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
-W. H. Auden
"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955"
