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The symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.

1907

★ 1.0

Play · Tragic play

Music has charms to soothe a savage breast.

William Congreve

1697

★ 1.1

Interview · Magazine

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Downbeat Magazine · 1949

★ 1.1

Scripture · Religious literature

And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2nd Samuel 6:5

722 BC

★ 1.2

Truly, I think I should go mad if it weren't for music.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1877

★ 1.2

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

1538

★ 1.3

For time is the medium of narration, as it is the medium of life. Both are inextricably bound up with it, as inextricably as are bodies in space. Similarly, time is the medium of music; music divides, measures, articulates time, and can shorten it, yet enhance its value, both at once.

The Magic Mountain · 1924

★ 1.8

Many people apparently don't trust their reactions to art or to music unless there is a verbal explanation for it. In music the only thing that matters is whether you feel it or not.

Ornette Coleman

1960

★ 1.9

Personal journal

Musique is the thing of the world that I love most.

1666

★ 1.9

The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

1851

★ 1.9

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.

Jelly Roll Morton

1950

★ 2.0

Film · Comedy drama (film) · Comedy drama

Music, you know, true music, not just rock n roll, it chooses you.

Almost Famous · 2000

★ 2.0

I am happier when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1777

★ 2.1

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1786

★ 2.1

Philosophical literature

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols · 1889

★ 2.3

Play · Comedy (play)

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice · 1598

★ 3.1

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

What to Listen for in Music · 1939

★ 3.4

It is only that which cannot be expressed otherwise that is worth expressing in music.

Frederick Delius

1920

★ 3.5

Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.

1694

★ 3.5

Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.

William Congreve

Hymn to Harmony · 1703

★ 3.5

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