Quotes about music
music important way
From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way. George Bernard Shaw
music growth ears
The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first sounded discordant and senseless to the main body of contemporary professional musicians. George Bernard Shaw
musical important printing
The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments; its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to poetry. George Bernard Shaw
music art real
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary George Bernard Shaw
music musical hell
Hell is full of musical amateurs. George Bernard Shaw
music music-is brandy
Music is the brandy of the damned. George Bernard Shaw
musical nine terrible
I ended up doing a local AmDram musical when I was nine or so. We had to sing and dance and act. It was probably terrible, but I loved it. Gemma Chan
musician stores graveyard
I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians. Gary Larson
music cutting successful
Man, if anybody knew the path that we've been on, no one in their right mind would ever try to duplicate it. That's something Nashville always tries to do, though. If something is successful, they try to repeat it by telling other people, "Hey, do what that guy did." I just don't think it works that way. The first one who gest there, the one that cuts the path ... it's always the roughest path but I think it's got the most reward at the end. Eric Church
music song real
... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow ... Eric Clapton
music school safe
From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation. Eric Clapton
music helping-others people
... whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee ... Eric Clapton
music philosophical feet
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall. Eric Clapton
music mirrors needs
Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing. ... You have to dig deep and that can be hard for anybody, no matter what profession. I feel that I need to actually push myself to the limit to feel happy with the end result. Enya
music-is one-thing
The one thing about music is that there are no rules. Enrique Iglesias
music thinking should-have
I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. George Eliot
music effort goes-on
Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music. George Eliot
music middlemarch interrupted
It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. George Eliot
music sorrow transformed
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love. Franz Schubert
musical tradition rooted
Oral musical traditions are rooted in assured and scrupulous faith. Franz Liszt
music taken style
Music is never stationary; successive forms and styles are only like so many resting-places - like tents pitched and taken down again on the road to the Ideal. Franz Liszt
music art feelings
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. Franz Liszt
music missing too-late
Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. Franz Liszt
music cat play
When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as though the strings are still in the cat. Fred Allen
music two three
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. Frank Capra
music art mad
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. George Jean Nathan
music clothes shelter
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
musical acting elements
For whatever reason, acting took the front seat but all of the projects that I've been doing seem to have some sort of musical element to them. Chrissie Fit
music fun artist
If my extensive collection of all 53 'Now That's What I Call Music' compilations is any indication, I am both qualified and honored to join Ludacris in hosting this amazing show that spotlights the best music and artists of the year, i had so much fun hosting the Billboard Music Awards last year and I can't wait to be back! Chrissy Teigen
musical kind
I come from a musical kind of family. Chris O'Dowd
music goodbye country
"Go and Say Goodbye" by the Buffalo Springfield stands as one of the first examples of what would later be branded country rock Chris Hillman
music art form
the one universal form of art is music. Faith Baldwin
music beautiful nature
I like the beauty of physics, nature is beautiful, it is my second soul to music. Fabiola Gianotti