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
Ruling piano keys is harder than ruling a whole kingdom.
-Yazan Haddadin
Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring its memory.
-Oliver Sacks
Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
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"
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
-Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words.
-Elie Wiesel
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
-Elvis Presley
Music, once admitted to the soul becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
I like great music, but who doesn’t? Oh yeah, deaf people.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over."
