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There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's read more
There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
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.
When words leave off, music begins.
When words leave off, music begins.
Today, music heralds... the establishment of a society of repetition in which nothing will happen anymore.
Today, music heralds... the establishment of a society of repetition in which nothing will happen anymore.
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.
Country music is three chords and the truth.
Country music is three chords and the truth.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is 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.'
