I would only make you a bad Schoenberg, and you’re such a good Gershwin already. (To George Gershwin, when asked if he could be accepted as one of Schoenberg’s pupils.)
Music Quotes
If music be the food of love, play on. (“Twelfth Night”)
Whiskey and music, I reflected, especially when taken together, made time fly incredibly fast
Musical performances at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin included selections performed on the flute by the king himself. As his confidence increased, so did the frequency of his performances. As the court musician, it fell to C.P.E. Bach to accompany the king at the piano. After one such royal performance, a sycophantic […]
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils, The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted: – Mark the music. (The Merchant of Venice)
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.
Our music is like cannons hidden in roses.
I perceive you delight not in music… Not a whit, when it jars so. (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
They said, “You have a blue guitar, You do not play things as they are.” The man replied, “Things as they Are are changed upon a blue guitar.”
It’s a well-kept secret that there are really only four tunes in old-time music: the G Tune, the A Tune, the D Tune, and the C Tune. It’s an even better-kept secret that these four tunes sound exactly the same.
