He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
If we can feel that it is not our voice, not our fingers, but some reality deep inside our heart which is expressing itself, then we will know that it is the soul’s music.
-Sri Chinmoy
So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.
-Giles Andreae
Music is not take it or leave it; Music is life or death!
-Joss Stirling
"Finding Sky"
Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
I love the relationship that anyone has with music ... because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out... It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part.
-Nick Hornby
Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.
-Bono
"On the Move"
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.
-Johnny Depp