Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
Quotations
Music
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
Music fills the infinite between two souls.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Ruling piano keys is harder than ruling a whole kingdom.
-Yazan Haddadin
Music is the universal language of mankind.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
-Frank Zappa
"Real Frank Zappa Book"
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"
Music can change the world because it can change people.
-Bono
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
