Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. ~Ezra Pound
Music is love in search of a word. ~Sidney Lanier
Only sick music makes money today. -Friedrich Nietzsche
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. -Sir Thomas Beecham
Remember, information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is the best. -Frank Zappa
When Mozart was composing at the end of the eighteenth century, the city of Vienna was so quiet that fire alarms could be given verbally, by a shouting watchman mounted on top of St. Stefan's Cathedral. In twentieth-century society, the noise level is such that it keeps knocking our bodies out of tune and out of their natural rhythms. This ever-increasing assault of sound upon our ears, minds, and bodies adds to the stress load of civilized beings trying to live in a highly complex environment. -Steven Halpern
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.-Oscar Lavant
I'd like to get something together - like a Handel, Bach, Muddy waters, flamenco type of thing. If I could get that sound, I'd be happy -Jimi Hendrix
