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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Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
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
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.
You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.
Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass?
Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass?
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.
