Powerful Music Quotes

• Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

  Victor Hugo

  Music, Wisdom, Art

  Victor Hugo (2016). “William Shakespeare”, p.62, Library of Alexandria

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• One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

  Bob Marley

  Funny, Music, Wisdom

  Song: Trenchtown Rock

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• Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

  Pablo Picasso

  Life, Motivational, Music

  "LIFE", Vol. 57, nr. 11, (p. 9), September 11, 1964.

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• Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

  Victor Hugo

  Music, Sound And Music, Musical Life

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• Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Music, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe (May 28, 1810), as quoted in Bettina von Arnim "Goethe's Correspondence with a Child", 1835.

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• If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Food, Unrequited Love

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1

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  Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Music, Lonely

  Twitter post from Oct 02, 2015

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  If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Music, Spiritual

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.12, St. Martin's Press

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• Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

  Martin Luther

  Music, Art, Greatest Treasure

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• Music is the strongest form of magic.

  Marilyn Manson

  Music, Magic, Form

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• If music be the food of love, play on.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Romantic

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1

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• To help with knowing if you're good or not, you need a mentor.

  Alex Day

  Music, Powerful, Knowing

  "How A YouTube Sensation Beat Justin Timberlake And The Music Industry". Interview with James Altucher, techcrunch.com. March 18, 2013.

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• Don't tell people you are broke. Guilting fans into buying your music never works.

  Ari Herstand

  Music, Powerful, People

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• People who cost too much: manager, lawyer, publicist, label, music publisher.

  Roger McNamee

  Music, Powerful, People

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• Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

  Seth Godin

  Music, Powerful, Records

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• You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.

  Terry Rossio

  Music, Fun, Powerful

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• It's a privilege to play music fora living. Even more, it's a privilege to have an audience. Respect that.

  Bob Lefsetz

  Music, Powerful, Play

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• I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Memorable, Feminist Art

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Where words fail, music speaks.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Inspirational, Music, Art

  Hans Christian Andersen (1876). “Stories for the Young”

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• Music can change the world.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Music, Peace, World

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• Music can change the world because it can change people.

  Bono

  Inspirational, Change, Music

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• Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Music, Piano, Soul

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• If you don't ask, you don't get it

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wonder, God Never Blinks, Asks

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• If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

  Charlie Parker

  Music, Art, Reality

  Quoted in Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, Hear Me Talkin' to Ya (1955)

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• If you don't ask, you don't get.

  Stevie Wonder

  Inspirational, Positive, Positivity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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