"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.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

All the sounds of the earth are like music.

All the sounds of the earth are like music.

[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.

[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.