If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
-Confucius
Quotations
Music
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
-Frank Zappa
"Real Frank Zappa Book"
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
-Tom Morello
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die
-Paul Simon
You have to take a deep breath and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play, allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.
-Kelly White
I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.
-Don Piper
"90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life"
Tragedy absorbs the highest musical ecstasies, and thus brings music to a state of true perfection.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
-Friedrich Richter
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words.
-Elie Wiesel
