You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
Quotations
Music
Songs are as sad as the listener.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
-Maya Angelou
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
-Martin Luther
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"
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
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley
"Music At Night: And Other Essays"
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
-Stevie Wonder
Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.
-Sergei Rachmaninov
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
-Luciano Pavarotti
