Quotes About Life

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.

Music is just something that explains people lives for them - that's what people call roots

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

Whatever I'd say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I've ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician.

Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.

The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.

It was in love I was created, and in love is how I hope I die

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].

My ambition was to live like music.

Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.

Rhode Island has become a second home to me after being involved in its cultural life for over 61 years. I look upon it as a privilege to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame.

Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all.

Music links us humans, heart to heart...Across time and space, and life and death.

How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.

When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?

Music is Magic. Magic is Life

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

Life is serious, but I do think that God wants us to enjoy the things He's given us, like music.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.