Music Quotes

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may more

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.

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

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

I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants more

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.