Music is love in search of a word.
Music Quotes
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
The history of a people is found in its songs.
A squeak’s heard in the orchestra, The leader draws across – The intestines of the agile cat – The tail of the noble hoss.
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
My biggest kick in music – playing or writing – is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
It’s nonsense to talk so much about being faithful to the ideals of one’s youth. There is room for development surely. I have always felt happiest in life when I thought I had added if only a little to the ideals of my youth. What is life more than a struggle for the realization truths? […]
No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music, or it isn’t music.
Playing ‘Bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.
