If music be the food of love, play on.

If music be the food of love, play on.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my read more

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.

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.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is read more

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

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.'

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.