I hate happy music that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy.
-Ville Valo
Quotations
Music
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
-George Eliot
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
-Walter Lippmann
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"Beyond Good and Evil"
Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.
-Bono
"On the Move"
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
-Confucius
How is it that music can without words evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?
-Jane Swan
Music is the weapon in the war against unhappiness.
-Jason Mraz
