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.'
You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is read more
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.
Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant read more
Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.
For discords make the sweetest airs.
For discords make the sweetest airs.
"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.
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
