Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
Music Quotes
I have always been driven by some distant music – a battle hymn no doubt – for I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigilance.
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
Beethoven would often get so engrossed in his art that everyday life and reality would often be totally oblivious to him. He would often go into restaurants and sit at the table for hours in deep thought before finally demanding the bill only to be told he hasn’t yet ordered anything! If a pupil lived […]
I remember one day being in a music history class and a white woman was the teacher. She was… saying that the reason black people played the blues was because they were poor and had to pick cotton. In response to that comment, I said, “I’m from East St. Louis, and my father is rich, […]
When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.
I’ll play it first and tell you what it is afterwards.
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
That’s it! That’s the noise I want to make! (statement when he saw Pete Seeger on TV playing banjo)
