A tale out of season (is as) music in mourning. (Ecclesiasticus 22:6)
Music Quotes
Jack Benny played Mendelssohn last night. Mendelssohn lost.
If you feel like singing along, don’t.
The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.
Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history… All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more […]
Music that gentler on the spirit lies- Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
I worry that the person who thought up musak may be thinking up something else.
No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of […]
Some have thought deeply and explored the meaning of thy truth, and they are great; I have listened to catch the music of thy play, and I am glad.
God tells me how the music should sound, but “you” stand in the way. (to a member of his orchestra)
