Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
-Frank Zappa
"Real Frank Zappa Book"
Quotations
Music
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"Beyond Good and Evil"
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
I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.
-Don Piper
"90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life"
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
-George Eliot
Music is the universal language of mankind.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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
Speaking unspoken words, music is a good way to say.
-Toba Beta
"Betelgeuse Incident"
