A little bit of inspiration, a little bit of sarcasm, a little bit of humor, and even a few quotes from yours truly. Enjoy.
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"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." ~Leopold Stokowski
"Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk." ~Oscar Wilde
“Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference." ~Kurt Vonnegut
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule." ~Samuel Butler
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule." ~Samuel Butler
"Music is a universal language that everyone understands, but no one is truly fluent in." ~Lauren (Me)
"Music is the art of thinking with sounds." ~Jules Combarieu
"Music is the art of thinking with sounds." ~Jules Combarieu
"Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. . . I'm going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do." ~Ella Fitzgerald
"Music is love in search of a word." ~Sidney Lanier
"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards." ~Joe Pass / Jazz Guitar
"MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken!" ~Lewis Black
LOL
"Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music." ~Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
"A good composer does not imitate; he steals." ~Igor Stravinsky
"Composers shouldn't think too much — it interferes with their plagiarism." ~Howard Dietz
“Never look at the trombones. You’ll only encourage them.” ~Igor Stravinsky
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'" ~Bob Newhart
*no offense to country music fans, i just thought this quote was hilarious
"A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune." ~Anonymous
"If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing." ~Zimbabwe Proverb
"Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains." ~Paul Whiteman
"Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change." ~Doug E. Fresh
"The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough to do anything with it." ~Mose Allison Jazz/Blues Piano Songwriter
"A good composer does not imitate; he steals." ~Igor Stravinsky
"Composers shouldn't think too much — it interferes with their plagiarism." ~Howard Dietz
“Never look at the trombones. You’ll only encourage them.” ~Igor Stravinsky
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'" ~Bob Newhart
*no offense to country music fans, i just thought this quote was hilarious
"A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune." ~Anonymous
"If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing." ~Zimbabwe Proverb
"Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains." ~Paul Whiteman
"Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change." ~Doug E. Fresh
"The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough to do anything with it." ~Mose Allison Jazz/Blues Piano Songwriter
"I am at a constant fight with my subconscious. He is holding my next songs hostage and I am trying to retrieve them. And yes I am assuming my subconscious is a man." ~Lauren (Me)
“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.” ~Anonymous
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." ~Robert Schumann
“When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician 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.” ~Aaron Copeland
"My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?" ~John Hiatt
"For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day." ~Sean Lennon
“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.” ~Anonymous
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." ~Robert Schumann
“When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician 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.” ~Aaron Copeland
"My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?" ~John Hiatt
"For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day." ~Sean Lennon
"Some people think the best music was made decades and centuries ago by mainly drug addicts and dead guys. And I agree with those people. However, I look forward to how music changes in the future, for better or for worse. Most of the rules of music and composition is today have been thrown out. That's an opportunity in itself that breeds creativity without limitation, which can never be a bad thing." ~Me
Hope a quote or two has touched or amused you, or even made you think.
Peace all,
~L~
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