Music Quotes

A tale out of season (is as) music in mourning. (Ecclesiasticus 22:6)

Jack Benny played Mendelssohn last night. Mendelssohn lost.

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

The joy of the heart begets song.

Who hears music feels his solitude.

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window. I’ve been arrested three times for practicing.

Play it. (Often quoted incorrectly as “Play it again, Sam”) “You played it for her, you can play it for me. – If she can stand it, I can! Play it!” Humphrey Bogart, Screenplay by Julius J., Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch.)

In a fiddler’s house all are dancers.

It’s kinda like a toothpaste commercial, but there’s no product. (music videos)

Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.