Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

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.

And hears thy stormy music in the drum!

And hears thy stormy music in the drum!

Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again,
And all read more

Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell.

Life is a song. Love is the music.

Life is a song. Love is the music.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies read more

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.