Music Quotes

The universal language. Musicians and listeners on why rhythm and melody move us like nothing else.

12643 quotes

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
Nero
A
"Music has the power to move us in ways language cannot."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Every note in a symphony contributes to the whole."
Antoninus Pius
C
"Music is the voice of the divine."
Claudius
C
"Music transcends all human barriers."
Claudius
"The music of a contented people is worth more than the silence of an enslaved one."
Vespasian
T
"Music is the mathematics of emotion."
Titus
T
"The music of life plays for those who listen."
Titus
T
"Music speaks the language of the soul."
Titus
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."
Caligula
"Where words fail, music speaks."
Caligula
"The fiddle of Rome plays the sweetest music when all others are silent."
Nero
"Music is the language of the soul, and I am fluent in all its forms."
Nero
"Music soothes the savage spirit."
Tiberius
"Music is mathematics made audible."
Tiberius
C
"Music is the language that the soul understands."
Claudius
"Music should inspire awe and terror, not mere joy."
Caligula
T
"Music speaks what words cannot capture."
Titus
"Music has the power to move the soul where words fail."
Nero
"Music is the food of the gods made audible."
Nero
D
"Music soothes the mind, but I prefer the sound of authority."
Domitian
D
"Music may inspire the masses; I inspire the music."
Domitian
"Music is the sound of a soul pretending to be human."
Caligula
T
"In music, one finds the language of the soul."
Titus
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Nero
"Music gives soul to the universe."
Nero
"Music is the voice of the soul."
Nero
"Music has the power to touch the human heart like nothing else."
Augustus
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Augustus
C
"Music is the universal language of the soul."
Cleopatra VII