Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
-Martin Luther
Quotations
Music
How is it that music can without words evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?
-Jane Swan
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"Beyond Good and Evil"
Songs are as sad as the listener.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
-George Eliot
Tragedy absorbs the highest musical ecstasies, and thus brings music to a state of true perfection.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley
"Music At Night: And Other Essays"
Music is the strongest form of magic.
-Marilyn Monroe
I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.
-Don Piper
"90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life"
I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.
-John Borrowman
