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"
Quotations
Music
Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; Music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness.
-Edgar Allan Poe
The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.
-Jodi Picoult
"Sing You Home"
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 very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist.
-Simon Cheshire
"Plastic Fantastic"
I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.
-John Borrowman
A good country song takes a page out of someone's life and puts it into music.
-Conway Twitty
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music
-Marcel Marceau
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"
