He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Quotations
Music
Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.
-Marty Rubin
Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.
-Johnny Depp
Good music always defeats bad luck.
-Jack Vance
Ruling piano keys is harder than ruling a whole kingdom.
-Yazan Haddadin
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley
"Music At Night: And Other Essays"
Music acts like a magic key to which the most tightly closed heart opens.
-Maria Von Trapp
I love the relationship that anyone has with music ... because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out... It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part.
-Nick Hornby
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
