Music Quotes

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

12643 quotes

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"The studio is where I find my true voice, away from the noise of expectation."
Jon Hopkins
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"I make music to understand the spaces between thoughts."
Jon Hopkins
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"Music without vulnerability is just technical exercise."
Jon Hopkins
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"I make music because sadness deserves witnesses."
Jon Hopkins
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"I return to ambient music because silence is my greatest teacher."
Jon Hopkins
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"Music is the closest thing we have to pure emotion."
Jon Hopkins
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"I make music to feel less alone in this experience."
Jon Hopkins
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"Music exists in the spaces between notes, not just in the notes themselves."
Arca
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"Sound can heal what words cannot reach."
Arca
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"Music is the language of the body's unconscious."
Arca
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"Sound design is the architecture of emotion."
Arca
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"Music is a language older than words."
Arca
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"Sound can move through walls that words cannot penetrate."
Arca
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"Sound is the closest thing to pure feeling."
Arca
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"Music is such a beautiful, powerful thing."
Björk
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"Music transcends language and culture."
Björk
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"In the space between sound and silence, we find ourselves."
James Blake
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"Every song is a confession disguised as melody."
James Blake
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"Music is the language our souls speak when words fail."
James Blake
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"Music is organized emotion in time."
James Blake
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"Music saved me when words couldn't."
FKA Twigs
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"I'm obsessed with the space between sound and silence."
FKA Twigs
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Moby
"Music gives a soul to the universe."
Moby
"The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves."
Ryoji Ikeda
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"Music saved my life when nothing else could"
Grimes
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"I'm obsessed with the idea of transcendence through sound"
Grimes
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"I'm interested in exploring the boundaries of what music can be"
Grimes
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"I believe in the transformative power of music"
Grimes
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"Music is a language that transcends everything"
Grimes