The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
-W. H. Auden
"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955"
Quotations
Music
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The Complete Poems"
Music can change the world because it can change people.
-Bono
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
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart
-Pablo Casals
