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Quotes About Music

The book is all in us. Fool, hearest not thou? In thine own heart day and night is singing that Eternal Music - Sachchidânanda, soham, soham - Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, I am He, I am He.
~ Swami Vivekananda
There's so much music out there, and so many different styles that I've been influenced by, so each album reflects some of that knowledge or influence that I've had.
~ John Legend
All I needed to know, all true knowledge, the only really essential knowledge, was to be found in the books I read and the music I listened to
~ Karl Ove Knausgard
Music gives strength to the soul.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.
~ Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way.
~ Rumi
Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
~ Ray Charles
Sometimes we woke up and feel like a Guitar Master, sometimes we woke up and feel like a complete fool. but that's the fun part of learning guitar
~ Tommy Emmanuel
I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.
~ Johnny Winter
Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
~ Hal Linden
The Mandolin is the bottom four strings of the guitar, backwards...so a person with dyslexia has no problem learning to play the Mandolin.
~ Steve Goodman
I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people
~ Doc Watson
There is no such thing as a Difficult Piece. A piece is either impossible - or it is easy. The process whereby it migrates from one category to the other is known as practicing.
~ Louis Kentner
Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music.
~ Giuseppe Verdi
So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.
~ Sonny Terry
I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.
~ David Duchovny
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
~ Ritchie Blackmore
I think friendship is learning from Leeeuk hyung in Super Junior. Oh, I know, friendship is Super Junior.
~ Yesung
I'm thinking about learning a few new things - like taking classical guitar lessons - and I'd like to bring what I learn into hard rock.
~ Mick Mars
The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.
~ James Galway
You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences.
~ Pharrell Williams
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.
~ Dave Grohl
Even when I have someone playing the song I give them the idea. I'm learning. I'm getting better over the years.
~ Statik Selektah
Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.
~ Mike Watt