Music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quotations
Music
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 and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music
-Marcel Marceau
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
-Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
-Walter Lippmann
There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
-Minnie Aumonier
A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
-Tom Morello
Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.
-David Levithan
"How They Met and Other Stories"
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
