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
Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
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
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
Anything can become music if listened to long enough.
-Jeff Noon
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
-John Erskine
Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.
-David Levithan
"How They Met and Other Stories"
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
I wish to make a special appeal to mothers to take up the sacred responsibility of keeping the lamp of sangita (music) burning bright in their homes and to instill a love for good music in their children from a tender age.
-M. S. Subbulakshmi "M. S. Subbulakshmi"
