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
Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.
-Lindsey Kelk
"I Heart New York"
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.
-Bono
"On the Move"
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
-Walter Lippmann
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
-Jimi Hendrix
Music is the universal language of mankind.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.
-Marty Rubin
Music is the strongest form of magic.
-Marilyn Monroe
Good music always defeats bad luck.
-Jack Vance
