A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
-Leopold Stokowski
Quotations
Music
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
-Victor Hugo
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
-Tom Waits
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"
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"
Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.
-Johnny Depp
Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Good music always defeats bad luck.
-Jack Vance
Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist.
-Simon Cheshire
"Plastic Fantastic"
Anything can become music if listened to long enough.
-Jeff Noon
