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Music is the universal language of mankind.
Music is the universal language of mankind.
Her voice, the music of the spheres,
So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;
As wise philosophers have read more
Her voice, the music of the spheres,
So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;
As wise philosophers have thought,
And that's the cause we hear it not.
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. - Talking to Myself.
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. - Talking to Myself.
As the longfingered sun
reaches out to touch
a cloistered trillium
or a lake trembles in
the light of read more
As the longfingered sun
reaches out to touch
a cloistered trillium
or a lake trembles in
the light of moon and stars
so can a poet's long rainbow
of words
play our heartstrings from afar.
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to read more
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is read more
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.