Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; Music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Quotations
Music
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
-Benjamin Disraeli
The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it.
-Luanne Rice
"Summer of Roses"
The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
-Marianne Faithfull
Any good music must be an innovation
-Les Baxter
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"
Ruling piano keys is harder than ruling a whole kingdom.
-Yazan Haddadin
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
People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.
-Michael Jackson
I hate happy music that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy.
-Ville Valo
