The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
-W. H. Auden
"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955"
Quotations
Music
Music is to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.
-Kurt Vonnegut
How is it that music can without words evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?
-Jane Swan
Music can change the world because it can change people.
-Bono
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Music, once admitted to the soul becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.
-John Borrowman
Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The Complete Poems"
When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other
-Rob Sheffield
"Love is a Mix Tape"
A good country song takes a page out of someone's life and puts it into music.
-Conway Twitty
