Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
-Jules Combarieu
Quotations
Music
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"
Songs are as sad as the listener.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Music is the universal language of mankind.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
-Martin Luther
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
-John Erskine
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
-Jimi Hendrix
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
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
