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    Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

    by Plato Found in Music Quotes,
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As the longfingered sun
reaches out to touch
a cloistered trillium
or a lake trembles in
the light of read more

As the longfingered sun
reaches out to touch
a cloistered trillium
or a lake trembles in
the light of moon and stars
so can a poet's long rainbow
of words
play our heartstrings from afar.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Music Quotes,
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I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

by James Brown Found in: Music Quotes,
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The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

by Horace Found in: Music Quotes,
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When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to read more

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

by Aaron Copland Found in: Music Quotes,
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Tom he was a piper's son,
He learned to play when he was young;
Bug all the read more

Tom he was a piper's son,
He learned to play when he was young;
Bug all the tune that he could play
Was "Over the hills and far away."
- Unattributed Author,

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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
cornerstone thereof;
When the morning stars sang together, read more

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
cornerstone thereof;
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?

by Bible Found in: Music Quotes,
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Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Music Quotes,
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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

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

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Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

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