Music Quotes

"Composing is like love - it requires passion and dedication."

"Delicacy in music is everything."

"Every note must sing."

"The piano is a small orchestra."

"Melody is the essence of music."

"The hand that plays must be guided by the heart."

"Emotion is the soul of music."

"Music is the language of the dreamer."

"I love music more than I love people sometimes."

"Music should paint emotions, not merely entertain."

"The human voice is the most perfect instrument."

"Silence can be louder than any symphony."

"The future of music belongs to the courageous."

"Music heals what words cannot touch."

"The real American folk song is a Gershwin tune."

"Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not as a pudding but as a zest."

"The future of music may not lie in the concert hall, but in the music drama."

"Rhythm is the soul of life."

"Why shouldn't music be as varied as the moods of mankind?"

"You can say anything in music that you cannot say in words."

"Music expresses what cannot be said and what cannot remain silent."

"Jazz will outlast us all because it's a part of the American spirit."

"Music speaks where words cannot reach."

"The magic of music lies in its universality."

"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

"Music is mathematics translated into emotion."

"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents."

"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable."

"Do not merely listen to the music; feel it."

"Forget everything and play."