The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, read more

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief,
Expels diseases, softens every pain,
Subdues the rage of poison, read more

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief,
Expels diseases, softens every pain,
Subdues the rage of poison, and the plague.

Mozart is sweet sunshine.

Mozart is sweet sunshine.

For discords make the sweetest airs.

For discords make the sweetest airs.

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.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and read more

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.