I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.
-Don Piper
"90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life"
Quotations
Music
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
-Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
Music for me, it demands full concentration.
-Paulo Coelho
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"Beyond Good and Evil"
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
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
-Maya Angelou
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
-Tom Morello
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"
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
