I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever.
Music Quotes
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Close to the window I could see that this Pacific scene in motion was rimmed by the great curved limb of the Earth. It had a thin halo of blue held close, and beyond, black space. I held my breath, but something was missing – I felt strangely unfulfilled. Here was a tremendous visual spectacle, […]
Music is indivisible. The dualism of feeling and thinking must be resolved to a state of unity in which one thinks with the heart and feels with the brain.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence of it in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. It would not leave them narrow-minded and bigoted.
You have Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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.
