Music Quotes

Ya Got Trouble… Libertine men and scarlet women-and ragtime! Shameless music that’ll grab your son, your daughter In the arms of a jungle animal instinct – massteria!

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. (1 Samuel 16:23)

Opera: the graveyard of melody.

Piano playing – a dance of human fingers.

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.