Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~ Berthold Auerbach
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. ~ Gustav Mahler
Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass? ~ Michael Torke
My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. ~ Edward Elgar
Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate. ~ Arnold Bennett
When words leave off, music begins. ~ Heinrich Heine
Music is love in search of a word. ~ Sidney Lanier
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ~ Robert Benchley
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. ~ Edgar Watson Howe
It is incontestable that music induces in us a sense of the infinite and the contemplation of the invisible. ~ Victor de LaPrade
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~ Victor Hugo
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
great quotes Shannon! All so true! Yes music is the only way I can really get away from it all aside from talking with my Lord. And when I am talking with my Lord and singing or making music at the same time its even better!
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Rebecca
Just beautiful. Some of those I'd never heard before, but I like them a lot! :)
ReplyDeleteI just came across your blog and enjoyed reading it:) God bless!!
ReplyDeleteAw! those are so sweet! And my mom and I got a kick out of the one about the Opera, :D
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes!! I love the one by Robert Benchley.
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely meeting you in person the other day! Will I see have the pleasure of seeing you at the Southern Ball?
I'm so glad you enjoyed the quotations!
ReplyDeleteAnd Katrina, I will indeed be at the Southern Ball -- I look forward to seeing you there! :-)
Blessings,
Shannon