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Quotes About Music

The fact that music can induce Goosebumps draw a tear inspire and connect is one of my favorite parts of being human
~ Mark Hoppus
They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.
~ Dizzy Gillespie
There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.
~ Lenny Kravitz
Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.
~ Billy Corgan
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
~ Pat Metheny
.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive
~ Les Paul
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.
~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Don't be afraid, just play the music.
~ Charlie Parker
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.
~ George Gershwin
I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.
~ Paul Weller
Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give mortals a taste of immortal sensations.
~ Ruby Dee
I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.
~ Gavin DeGraw
Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.
~ Charlie Parker
Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.
~ Spencer W. Kimball
Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
~ Patrick Stump
I'm really proud to be a woman representing country music.
~ Kacey Musgraves
I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.
~ Artur Schnabel
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.
~ Oliver Sacks
Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.
~ Kenneth Patchen, Poemscapes
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
~ Marcel Marceau
Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there's music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her.
~ Jack Gilbert, Collected Poems
If you are unhappy, even the moon irritates you, sweet things nauseate, music disturbs. When you are calm and centered inside, noise is musical, clouds are magical, rain is liquid love.
~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.
~ Yehudi Menuhin
Those who want to know what sound goes into my music should come to NY and open their ears.
~ Thelonious Monk