If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
-Richard M. Nixon
Quotations
Music
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
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
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 expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words.
-Elie Wiesel
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
-Marianne Faithfull
A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
-Leopold Stokowski
