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.
I don't think that American audiences would accept the tonal character of my music.
I’ve a kinship with women…That’s why I’ve always put women in strong positions in music.
I write music with my mouth — first lyrics, then song, then rhythm.
Countries, borders and flags build walls between all of us. Music can break them down and unite us."
Music has always been an “exhilarating exploration of the world and my soul"
Gospel music is not a genre but rather music that carries the presence of God.
It is unrealistic when people try to compare Rwanda’s music industry to that in other countries
If you ban music in Mali, or in the whole world, it's like cutting people's oxygen off
Am going to keep doing a mixture of both love and gospel music as salvation is personal
Music has always been my way of expressing freedom and connecting with people.