A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
-Tom Morello
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"
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
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"
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.
-Giles Andreae
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
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"
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
-Voltaire
