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Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.
Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.
For discords make the sweetest airs.
For discords make the sweetest airs.
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast,"
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast,"
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn read more
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more read more
The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.
There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's read more
There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.