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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Her voice, the music of the spheres,
So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;
As wise philosophers have read more
Her voice, the music of the spheres,
So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;
As wise philosophers have thought,
And that's the cause we hear it not.
Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.
Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.
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.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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.
I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.
I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.
I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to read more
I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.
