Music Quotes

Invite to Music Quotes, the supreme source for inspirational and also provocative quotes from the globe of music. Below you will certainly locate quotes from several of one of the most influential musicians, composers, and also songwriters of perpetuity. Whether you are seeking a quote to influence you, to make you laugh, or to make you believe, you will certainly locate it here. Check out words of wisdom from the similarity Mozart, Beethoven, Bob Dylan, as well as many more. Let their words of knowledge guide you on your music journey.
Small: Music is my religion
Jimi Hendrix
"Music is my religion"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him s
Henry David Thoreau
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: Ive always been into melodies. Thats what I love about music - a good melody that gives you goosebumps
Kygo
"I've always been into melodies. That's what I love about music – a good melody that gives you goosebumps"
Kygo, Musician
Small: We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I cant, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics
Rick Wright
"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"
Rick Wright, Musician
Small: Music is the shorthand of emotion
Leo Tolstoy
"Music is the shorthand of emotion"
Leo Tolstoy, Novelist
Small: A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it
"A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it"
Mikhail Glinka, Composer
Small: Music in the soul can be heard by the universe
Lao Tzu
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe"
Lao Tzu, Author
Small: I call architecture frozen music
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"I call architecture frozen music"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Music doesnt lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music
Jimi Hendrix
"Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent
Victor Hugo
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: Music is the universal language of mankind
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Music is the universal language of mankind"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary
Martin Luther
"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary"
Martin Luther, Professor
Small: I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great
Steven Adler
"I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame"
Steven Adler, Musician
Small: The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the
Igor Stravinsky
"The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Small: It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes
Dinah Sheridan
"It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes"
Dinah Sheridan, Actress
Small: I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work tha
"I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music"
John Coltrane, Musician
Small: Music washes away the dust of every day life
"Music washes away the dust of every day life"
Art Blakey, Musician
Small: I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If youre born to make comme
"I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market"
Bryan White, Musician
Small: Music is the best way for me to say I love you
Mireille Mathieu
"Music is the best way for me to say I love you"
Mireille Mathieu, Musician
Small: Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I
"Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I wrote a complete song and set it to music and the whole bit. From then on, I was busy with it"
William Bell
Small: In America, music is more tightly categorized
Ednita Nazario
"In America, music is more tightly categorized"
Ednita Nazario, Musician
Small: Talking about music is like dancing about architecture
"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture"
Steve Martin, Comedian
Small: My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die
Bob Marley
"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die"
Bob Marley, Musician
Small: In music the passions enjoy themselves
Friedrich Nietzsche
"In music the passions enjoy themselves"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: If music be the food of love, play on
William Shakespeare
"If music be the food of love, play on"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large br
Albert Einstein
"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Music is the best means we have of digesting time
W. H. Auden
"Music is the best means we have of digesting time"
W. H. Auden, Poet
Small: Medicine to produce health must examine disease and music, to create harmony must investigate discord
Plutarch
"Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord"
Plutarch, Philosopher
Small: I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that po
Michael Graves
"I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention"
Michael Graves, Architect
Small: It didnt even occur to me that Im the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music
David Byrne
"It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Music fathoms the sky
Charles Baudelaire
"Music fathoms the sky"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
Small: I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try
"I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I'm doing or get involved in what they're doing"
John Zorn, Composer
Small: The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being h
Charles Baudelaire
"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
Small: I am severely distracted these days. Its hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours,
"I am severely distracted these days. It's hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours, when you have a wonderful boyfriend who treats you like a Goddess"
April Winchell, Actress
Small: I always like to get local music when Im in another country
"I always like to get local music when I'm in another country"
April Winchell, Actress
Small: And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that its th
"And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite"
Miriam Makeba, Musician
Small: I listen to gospel music
"I listen to gospel music"
Mary J. Blige, Musician
Small: One cant deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music weve creat
"One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain"
Graham Nash, Musician
Small: We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing
"We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing"
Graham Nash, Musician
Small: I worked very hard on me and Davids record and Im extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were i
"I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were involved with it. And, it's been wonderfully received by people who like our kind of music, they think it's something special, and so do I"
Graham Nash, Musician
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