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 touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.
-Johnny Depp
Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist.
-Simon Cheshire
"Plastic Fantastic"
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.
-Sergei Rachmaninov
Music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
You have to take a deep breath and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play, allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.
-Kelly White
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
