Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
-Martin Luther
Quotations
Music
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"
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die
-Paul Simon
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
-Confucius
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words.
-Elie Wiesel
He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
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
A good country song takes a page out of someone's life and puts it into music.
-Conway Twitty
Good music always defeats bad luck.
-Jack Vance
