A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
-Leopold Stokowski
Quotations
Music
Tragedy absorbs the highest musical ecstasies, and thus brings music to a state of true perfection.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.
-Rob Sheffield
"Love is a Mix Tape"
Anything can become music if listened to long enough.
-Jeff Noon
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die
-Paul Simon
There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
-Minnie Aumonier
Music is an outburst of the soul.
-Frederick Delius
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
Songs are as sad as the listener.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
