Music Quotes
Shakespeare has the most entries, as usual, with Claude Debussy and Wordsworth well up the list. The best-sourced line is Nietzsche’s in Twilight of the Idols (1889), that without music life would be a mistake, and Emerson’s image of the silent organ chanting loudest (Poems, 1847) is the sort of thing that rewards a second read.
The three entries with flags are all ones people like to share. “Wagner’s music is better than it sounds” is credited to Mark Twain and flagged misattributed. “You grow with music, or the music outgrows you” is credited to John Lennon, and the note says no verifiable source has been found. The line about music being the best means we have of digesting time is credited to W. H. Auden and is flagged misattributed as well.
That is the spirit of the music: to not leave anyone out, to be inclusive.
I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.
Into the day as by dream I swim to the music of nourished meaning.
I accept this honour on behalf of all Hindustani vocalists who have dedicated their life to music.
As long as there is music there will not be the end of the world.
As someone who worships music, I believe it can never be ugly!
If music is what can be called my strategy, then every singer should be trying that.
Poetry itself being the music of thoughts and words, as music is the poetry of sounds.
The music industry has basically become an indie artist's dream.
I can say that right now my music is growing day by day and I’m proud of what I’ve achieved so far.
It made me very happy and showed me that Rwandan music is reaching places..