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
Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.
-Sarah Dessen
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words.
-Elie Wiesel
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"
There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.
-Marty Rubin
How is it that music can without words evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?
-Jane Swan
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
-Jimi Hendrix
I hate happy music that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy.
-Ville Valo
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
-Richard M. Nixon
