- “I could compare my music to white light which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.” ― Arvo Part
- “In Our Woods, Sometimes a Rare MusicEvery springI hear the thrush singingin the glowing woodshe is only passing through.His voice is deep,then he lifts it until it seemsto fall from the sky.I am thrilled.I am grateful.Then, by the end of morning,he’s gone, nothing but silenceout of the treewhere he rested for a night.And this I find acceptable.Not enough is a poor life.But too much is, well, too much.Imagine Verdi or Mahlerevery day, all day.It would exhaust anyone.” ― Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings
- “I’ve got a theory, it could be bunnies…I’ve got a theor-Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposesThey’ve got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.And what’s with all the carrots-?What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?Bunnies, bunnies it must be bunnies!…or maybe midgets…” ― Joss Whedon Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- “Definition of rock journalism: People who can’t write, doing interviews with people who can’t think, in order to prepare articles for people who can’t read.” ― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
- “The two of us in that room. No past, no future. All intense deep that-time-only. A feeling that everything must end, the music, ourselves, the moon, everything. That if you get to the heart of things you find sadness for ever and ever, everywhere; but a beautiful silver sadness, like a Christ face.” ― John Fowles, The Collector
- “There is a journey that all must take regardless of its direction or apparent meaning. An artist plucks out their heart, holds it forth, and be it through agony or ecstasy, is prepared to be measured for the gift that is the highest honor, to create, and therein be judged on those merits alone. And, somewhere in the skein of all creation is that which demands of those whom would aspire to create beauty and wonder, no matter the cost, because creation, all of it, is worth every ounce the pain of its birth.” ― Duane Hewitt, Diminished Fifth: Diabolus in Musica
- “Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations – they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- “Don’t make it new; make it whole.” ― Alex Ross
- “Music is the universal language of mankind.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends there. You know, it doesn’t seem fair that I’m living for something I can’t even define, but there you are, right there, in the meantime.” ― Ani DiFranco, Ani Difranco: The Complete Lyrics
- Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. Robert Browning
- Play it fuckin’ loud! Bob Dylan
- “If people listen to music and dance every day, they find happiness and sacred solutions to any problem.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “Wisdom is knowing the right thing to do and doing it at the right time to get the desired result. It is also the correct application of knowledge.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “Music is the single most powerful medium in the world it transcends the universe and it is not confined by time or space, it is immortal.” ― Delma Pryce, WATCH & PRAY: ARE YOU READY
- Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle
- “Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.” ― George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
- “Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place.” ― The Script
- “I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I’m going to be immoderate–and volatile–I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry. I shall be rampant.” ― Joanne Harris, Chocolat
- “because some thingssometimesaren’t ours to hold,but just beautiful to listen to.” ― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence
- Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. Ray Charles
- “People don’t realize, he said, how important it is to wake up every morning with a song in your heart.” J. Krishnamurti. “The song stands for a sense of joy in existence, a joy that is free of any good or bad choices.” ― Deepak Chopra, The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
- “Wisdom is the mother of solutions. You cannot upgrade in wisdom and lack solutions and you cannot have a wisdom and be stranded in any challenge you face.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “You cannot have a dream and expect someone else’s faith to make it a reality for you. Habakuk 2:4” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “Our deepest beliefs about the universe filter their way up through the soil into the tiny aesthetic decisions that the artist makes. How we make our records. Which color feels right. Rhyme schemes and word choices. These kinds of decisions are rarely made out of purely analytical comparison. They come from the guts. From faith.” ― Michael Gungor, The Crowd, The Critic And The Muse: A Book For Creators
- “Music is one of life’s most important behavioral motivators that creates energy and action.” ― Jennifer Ritchie Payette
- “Understand something people, we will be hated by many in the name of Christ, ridiculed, mocked, stoned, slaughtered. We will be fined, jailed and killed for our love for Christ. You are supposed to see better with your eyes today, how close this is happening, just prepare your heart and soul to be braver than Peter and not deny Christ in the moment your life might be in jeopardy for Him and what you believe. Apostle Pauls says to live is Christ to die is gain.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “I want to reconcile the violence in your heart.I want to recognize your beauty’s not just a mask.I want to exorcise the demons from your past.I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart.” ― Matthew Bellamy
- “Keep music and art alive in our schools because the greatness of a country is not measured by wars that are won, by territory annexed or even the size of a deficit. It is measured by the beauty of the art work by talented hands, the sounds of the music created from the heart and by the wonder of the eyes and ears beholding them in joy. Art and music are the windows of the soul of any country. The greater the art created, the greater the country.” ― Clarrissa Lee Moon
- “Beautiful music stimulates beautiful thoughts.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita