Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't read more

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.

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

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

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

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.

But Bellenden we needs must praise,
Who as down the stairs she jumps
Sings o'er the hill read more

But Bellenden we needs must praise,
Who as down the stairs she jumps
Sings o'er the hill and far away,
Despising doleful dumps.
- Unattributed Author,

"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.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.