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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to read more
I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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.
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies read more
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. •Robert Fripp There is nothing more notable read more
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. •Robert Fripp 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.
 Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
 Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again,
  And all read more 
 Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
 Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again,
  And all went merry as a marriage bell. 
Music . . .can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
Music . . .can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.