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 music of a culture tells us what it values most."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"The music of a nation reflects its struggles and triumphs."
Joseph Kabila
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"The music of freedom sounds sweeter after years of silence."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"The music of struggle becomes the symphony of freedom."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"A melody carries truths that words cannot express."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"Music is the universal language that unites divided hearts."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"Music is the universal language of the soul."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"The music of a nation reflects the soul of its people."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"The music of a society reflects its soul; listen carefully to what a nation sings."
Anwar Sadat
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"The dance is life made visible."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"The music of a people speaks the truth that their politicians dare not voice."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"Music unites people across all boundaries."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
"Music and dance are the language of our people."
Robert Mugabe
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"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Hastings Banda
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"If music be the food of love, play on."
Hastings Banda
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"Music must celebrate the state"
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Music is the language of the spirit."
Samuel Doe
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
Samuel Doe
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"Where words fail, music speaks."
Samuel Doe
"Music should stir the blood and harden the will toward obedience."
Mobutu Sese Seko
"Music unites what words sometimes divide."
Robert Mugabe
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"Music speaks where language fails."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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"Music heals wounds that words cannot touch."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
"Music has the power to move people."
Idi Amin
"Music is the language of emotions."
Idi Amin
"Music is the language of the soul."
Foday Sankoh
"Music heals what words cannot."
Foday Sankoh
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"The music of a nation is the heartbeat of its culture."
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Music unites across boundaries that politics often divides."
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Music speaks to the soul in ways that words never can."
Hastings Banda