Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
-Alphonse De Lamartine
Quotations
Music
Speaking unspoken words, music is a good way to say.
-Toba Beta
"Betelgeuse Incident"
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"
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
-Robert Fripp
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
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
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
Ruling piano keys is harder than ruling a whole kingdom.
-Yazan Haddadin
Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
-Leo Tolstoy
