I wish to make a special appeal to mothers to take up the sacred responsibility of keeping the lamp of sangita (music) burning bright in their homes and to instill a love for good music in their children from a tender age.
Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.
-Modest Mouse
"Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News"
Songs are as sad as the listener.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
You have to take a deep breath and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play, allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.
-Kelly White
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
-Walter Lippmann
I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.
-John Borrowman
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music
-Marcel Marceau
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.
-Sarah Dessen
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
-Richard M. Nixon
