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Life without music would be a mistake.
Life without music would be a mistake.
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.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: read more
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony.
When words leave off, music begins.
When words leave off, music begins.
And hears thy stormy music in the drum!
And hears thy stormy music in the drum!
Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.
Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.
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.