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 in the soul can be heard by the universe.
-Lao Tzu
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.
-Lindsey Kelk
"I Heart New York"
Songs are as sad as the listener.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Ruling piano keys is harder than ruling a whole kingdom.
-Yazan Haddadin
Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart
-Pablo Casals
I tried to look at writing a song almost like solving a mystery. The song was there, buried somewhere in my brain. All I had to do was follow the clues until I figured it out.
-Jon Skovron
"Struts & Frets"
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
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
-Martin Luther
