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
Tragedy absorbs the highest musical ecstasies, and thus brings music to a state of true perfection.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Music is not take it or leave it; Music is life or death!
-Joss Stirling
"Finding Sky"
The hungry and the haunted explode into rock 'n' roll bands.
-Bruce Springsteen
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring its memory.
-Oliver Sacks
Music is to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.
-Kurt Vonnegut
I tried to look at writing a song almost like solving a mystery. The song was there, buried somewhere in my brain. All I had to do was follow the clues until I figured it out.
-Jon Skovron
"Struts & Frets"
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
-Lao Tzu
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
-Luciano Pavarotti
