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A physicist might argue that music is the harmonic resonance of our soul & the string theory of our hearts. – LimpsyncRate it:
A world without music is just a world full of noises that don't make sense. – Isaac SaylorRate it:
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. – Aldous HuxleyRate it:
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music – Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheRate it:
Develop interest in life as you see it in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. – Henry MillerRate it:
Diplomacy without sagacity and manoeuvring is like music without instruments. – Prof.Salam Al ShereidaRate it:
Diplomacy without sagacity and prudent manoeuvring is like music without instruments. – Prof.Salam Al ShereidaRate it:
Electric flesh-arrows... traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm. – Anaïs NinRate it:
Fleetwood Mac were really accessible musically, but lyrically and emotionally, we weren't so easy. And it was our music that helped us survive. But all of us were in pieces personally. – Mick FleetwoodRate it:
For none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. – Gustave Flaubert, Charles BovaryRate it:
From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence. – Visions of Gregorian ChantsRate it:
Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American music - and then, through that, American history. – Rhiannon GiddensRate it:
God I am Grateful today, for all things that cash can't pay! What would life be without eyes to see! Wonder, without music, how happy could I be? Thank you Lord , are words I say, every moment on this Grateful day. – AiRRate it:
Hey! To those who can still see and think clearly for themselves. You all better quit letting disapproving ordinary individuals tell you that you have to be a certain age to make wealth by creating your own music. -MillYentei – Deshawn YeldellRate it:
I decided to study music my last year in high school. – Rhiannon GiddensRate it:
I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist, i was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world. – John PrineRate it:
I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in the towel. I can't handle it. I can't do it. I can't be what they need you to be. – Ry CooderRate it:
I grew up listening to country music. I got into traditional stuff later, but I listened to the commercial stuff of the '90s, especially the women who were so strong, like Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kathy Mattea. It's a great art form. – Rhiannon GiddensRate it:
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. – David BowieRate it:
I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and you also do this for other people. – Ry CooderRate it:
I know that I shall sing only a certain number of times. So I think to myself, Tonight I will hold back my voice. I will save it a little and that will mean I may be able to sing a few more times. But when I go before the audience, when I hear the music and begin to sing, I cannot hold back. I give the best there is in me - I give all. – Enrico CarusoRate it:
I like classical music. I especially like the French composers: Ravel in particular. Debussy. That's so soothing in a nervous world. – Ry CooderRate it:
I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up. – Jackson BrowneRate it:
I never believed - or knew for sure - if I would be able to make a professional life in music. But it turned out that way. – Gordon LightfootRate it:

A physicist might argue that music is the harmonic resonance of our soul & the string theory of our hearts.

– LimpsyncRate it:

A world without music is just a world full of noises that don't make sense.

– Isaac SaylorRate it:

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

– Aldous HuxleyRate it:

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

– Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheRate it:

Develop interest in life as you see it in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

– Henry MillerRate it:

Diplomacy without sagacity and manoeuvring is like music without instruments.

– Prof.Salam Al ShereidaRate it: