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
He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Music for me, it demands full concentration.
-Paulo Coelho
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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"
Tell me what you listen to and I'll tell you who you are.
-Tiffanie DeBartolo
"How to Kill a Rock Star"
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"
How is it that music can without words evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?
-Jane Swan
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
