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
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Good music always defeats bad luck.
-Jack Vance
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
-Leo Tolstoy
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
I hate happy music that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy.
-Ville Valo
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words.
-Elie Wiesel
People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.
-Michael Jackson
Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart
-Pablo Casals
