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
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.
-Morrissey
Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.
-Lindsey Kelk
"I Heart New York"
Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; Music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
Tell me what you listen to and I'll tell you who you are.
-Tiffanie DeBartolo
"How to Kill a Rock Star"
Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.
-David Levithan
"How They Met and Other Stories"
You have to take a deep breath and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play, allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.
-Kelly White
