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
Quotations
Music
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
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die
-Paul Simon
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate.
-Arnold Bennett
Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Music is the weapon in the war against unhappiness.
-Jason Mraz
Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring its memory.
-Oliver Sacks
I love the relationship that anyone has with music ... because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out... It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part.
-Nick Hornby
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
