A song will outlive all sermons in the memory. Henry Giles
A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.MusicQuotations by Henry Giles
Year: 2008
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear. Billy Gibbons
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.MusicQuotations by Billy Gibbons
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings. Edward Gardner
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.MusicQuotations by Edward Gardner
I’ve always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music. Aretha Franklin
I’ve always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.MusicQuotations by Aretha Franklin
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.MusicQuotations by John Erskine
Music causes us to think eloquently. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music causes us to think eloquently.MusicQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are the music while the music lasts. T. S. Eliot
You are the music while the music lasts.MusicQuotations by T. S. Eliot
Mozart is sweet sunshine. Antonin Dvorak
Mozart is sweet sunshine.MusicQuotations by Antonin Dvorak
Music is only love looking for words. Lawrence Durrell
Music is only love looking for words.MusicQuotations by Lawrence Durrell
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. Lawrence Durrell
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.MusicQuotations by Lawrence Durrell
Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable. James Duffecy
Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.MusicQuotations by James Duffecy
The high note is not the only thing. Placido Domingo
The high note is not the only thing.MusicQuotations by Placido Domingo
Composers shouldn’t think too much — it interferes with their plagiarism. Howard Dietz
Composers shouldn’t think too much — it interferes with their plagiarism.MusicQuotations by Howard Dietz
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there. Miles Davis
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.MusicQuotations by Miles Davis
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is. Noel Coward
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.MusicQuotations by Noel Coward
Canned music is like audible wallpaper. Alistair Cooke
Canned music is like audible wallpaper.MusicQuotations by Alistair Cooke
Without music, life is a journey through a desert. Pat Conroy
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.MusicQuotations by Pat Conroy
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.MusicQuotations by William Congreve
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. E. M. Cioran
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.MusicQuotations by E. M. Cioran
Alas! all music jars when the soul’s out of tune. Miguel De Cervantes
Alas! all music jars when the soul’s out of tune.MusicQuotations by Miguel De Cervantes
Song is the heroics of speech. Thomas Carlyle
Song is the heroics of speech.MusicQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
One is hardly sensible of fatigue while he marches to music. Thomas Carlyle
One is hardly sensible of fatigue while he marches to music.MusicQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music. Thomas Carlyle
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.MusicQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
I’m not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can’t play my stuff. It’s too complicated. James Brown
I’m not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can’t play my stuff. It’s too complicated.MusicQuotations by James Brown
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. Christian Nevell Bovee
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.MusicQuotations by Christian Nevell Bovee
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I’d try a revolver first. Josh Billings
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I’d try a revolver first.MusicQuotations by Josh Billings
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman. Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.MusicQuotations by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.MusicQuotations by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.MusicQuotations by Ludwig Van Beethoven
She was one of those people who said I don’t know anything about music, but I know what I like. Sir Max Beerbohm
She was one of those people who said I don’t know anything about music, but I know what I like.MusicQuotations by Sir Max Beerbohm
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it. Sir Thomas Beecham
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.MusicQuotations by Sir Thomas Beecham
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. Sir Thomas Beecham
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.MusicQuotations by Sir Thomas Beecham
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing. Lauren Bacall
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.MusicQuotations by Lauren Bacall
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Berthold Auerbach
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.MusicQuotations by Berthold Auerbach
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. W. H. Auden
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.MusicQuotations by W. H. Auden
There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind. Louis Armstrong
There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind.MusicQuotations by Louis Armstrong
What we play is life. Louis Armstrong
What we play is life.MusicQuotations by Louis Armstrong
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. Joseph Addison
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.MusicQuotations by Joseph Addison
Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. Joseph Addison
Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.MusicQuotations by Joseph Addison
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. Henry James
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.Museums and GalleriesQuotations by Henry James