"Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought"
- E. Y. Harburg
About this Quote
This quote by E. Y. Harburg speaks with the power of language and music. Words are a powerful tool that can be utilized to reveal ideas and evoke feelings. They can make us think, and can even make us feel. Music, on the other hand, is a more direct way of revealing feeling. It can make us feel a particular method without us having to think of it. A song combines both of these elements, permitting us to feel an idea. It can be used to express complex emotions and ideas in a manner that words alone can not. Music and words together can be an effective tool for conveying feeling and significance.
This quote is written / told by E. Y. Harburg between April 8, 1896 and March 4, 1981. He was a famous Musician from USA.
The author also have 9 other quotes.
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"Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising"
"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"
