Quotes about music
music art husband
Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music men poor
Music is the poor man's Parnassus. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music thinking cities
I think sometimes could I only have music on my own terms, could I live in a great city, and know where I could go whenever I wished the ablution and inundation of musical waves, that were a bath and a medicine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music men effort
Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music secret who-we-are
Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music inspiration writing
For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day. Sean Lennon
musical acting i-love-music
I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical. Scarlett Johansson
musical different want
I don't want to do something unproductive with my time, so I decided to do something musical. So it felt good to say, 'Yeah, I'm producing.' It gave me a fresh vibe - inspiring in a different way. Sean Paul
music effort brain
Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind. Lewis Thomas
music unique play
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other. Lewis Thomas
musical yorkshire heritage
The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide. Lesley Garrett
music communication profound
That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is. Lesley Garrett
music player influence
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. Lee Konitz
music play long
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz. Lee Konitz
music play results
I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard. Lee Konitz
music firsts sound
Sound is the first thing that we tune into. Lee Konitz
music player vocabulary
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary. Lee Konitz
music lonely loneliness
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. Lawrence Durrell
musical poetic fit
Shakespeare alternated between musical surrenders to social prestige and magnificent fits of poetic remorse. Laura Riding
music men mediocrity
The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man's. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music sweet healthy
Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music thinking causes
Music causes us to think eloquently. Ralph Waldo Emerson
music beautiful brother
Jazz is a beautiful woman whose older brother is a policeman. Sid Caesar
music vicious-circles vicious
I'm not vicious really. I consider myself to be kindhearted. I love my mum. Sid Vicious
music thinking saint
She's not a saint, and she's not what you think She's an actress, whoa She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress Taylor Swift
music integrity believe
I really believe we in the music industry can work together to find a way to bond technology with integrity and just really hope we can teach the younger generation the value of investment in music rather than the ephemeral consumption of it. Taylor Swift
music might found
I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be. Taylor Swift
musical actresses theater
I wanted to be a theater actress, and initially, I wanted to work in musical theater Tavis Smiley
music atm want
I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it. Joshua Homme
musician lucky enough
Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one. Joshua Homme
music want written
If you want to know whether you have written anything worth preserving, sing it to yourself without any accompaniment. Joseph Haydn
music people effort
Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts. Joseph Haydn
musical important transformation
And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition. Karlheinz Stockhausen