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    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.'

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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Music Quotes,
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God is its author, and not man; he laid
The key-note of all harmonies; he planned
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God is its author, and not man; he laid
The key-note of all harmonies; he planned
All perfect combinations, and he made
Us so that we could hear and understand.

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Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

by Mark Twain Found in: Music Quotes,
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I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long read more

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Music Quotes,
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Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.rn

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.rn

by Jimi Hendrix Found in: Music Quotes,
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The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

by Horace Found in: Music Quotes,
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

by Edgar Watson Howe Found in: Music Quotes,
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, read more

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, 'No.'

by Aaron Copeland Found in: Music Quotes,
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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.

by Elvis Presley Found in: Music Quotes,
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