If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
-Confucius
Quotations
Music
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven "Ludwig van Beethoven"
Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The Complete Poems"
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
-Confucius
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"
So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.
-Giles Andreae
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
-Luciano Pavarotti
Music can change the world because it can change people.
-Bono
