Music Quotes

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

12643 quotes

"Sound is organized time."
Pierre Boulez
"The performance realizes what the composition only suggests."
Pierre Boulez
"Every sound has a history and a future."
Pierre Boulez
"Listening is an act of love toward the creator."
Pierre Boulez
"To compose is to compose the listener's experience."
Pierre Boulez
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"There is no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound."
John Cage
J
"Everything we do is music."
John Cage
J
"Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music, but of course, not everyone does."
John Cage
J
"All music is noise."
John Cage
J
"Music is a problem of sound and time."
John Cage
J
"If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego."
John Cage
J
"The smallest sound carries the furthest."
John Cage
J
"In our daily lives, we do not think about making music."
John Cage
J
"The purpose of this music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences."
John Cage
J
"Music is not here. It is here, there, everywhere, all at once."
John Cage
K
"I compose what the universe whispers to me in moments of silence"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"I am not composing music, I am capturing the voice of creation"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
K
"Music that serves only entertainment misses its true purpose"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
K
"I seek to compose the music of the spheres for earthly ears"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
P
"Deep listening is a practice that transforms how we experience sound and silence."
Pauline Oliveros
P
"The composer's role is to reveal the music that already exists in silence."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Music is truth."
Yoko Ono
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"I believe in the power of music to transform lives."
Laurie Anderson
L
"I believe in the transformative power of music."
Laurie Anderson
Y
"Music is the universal language."
Yoko Ono
"Sound is the invisible architecture of experience."
Ryoji Ikeda
"Silence speaks louder than any frequency."
Ryoji Ikeda
J
"Music is the most direct way to communicate emotion without words."
Jon Hopkins
J
"Music is the universal language of humanity."
Jon Hopkins
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"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Arca