Music Quotes

"To paint sound is to paint the invisible."

"Words are but shadows of music."

"Music is the language of those who have no words."

"In silence, the listener creates."

"The heart beats its own rhythm."

"The unplayed note is sometimes the most beautiful."

"The body dances but the soul sings."

"The real American folk song is a rag - that's where our soul is."

"The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead."

"I frequently hear music in the heart of noise."

"I want to be remembered as a composer who tried to bring jazz into the concert hall."

"Music has always been my one true companion throughout my life."

"I've always believed that the most popular music is the most honest music."

"The rhythm of life itself is the rhythm of music."

"I write music for the people - not for critics or academicians."

"Joy expressed through melody is a universal language that transcends all barriers."

"When you play, never mind who listens to you."

"The human voice is the first and perhaps the most perfect of instruments."

"The most perfect technique is that which is not perceived."

"The piano is a monster that must be tamed."

"Where the words fail, music speaks."

"The nocturne should be of a plaintive and dreamy character."

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

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

"Music speaks what words cannot express."

"One can't write music while worrying about whether people will understand it or not."

"Music speaks what cannot be expressed in words, what must not be left silent."

"The melody must serve the emotion, never the reverse."

"Music is the mathematics of the human soul."