Friday, October 02, 2009

Rex Barker here with

Quotes That Make You Think...


Music is the Words of the Soul.- Anonymous

If I ever die of a heart attack, I hope it will be from playing my stereo too loud. -Anonymous

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. - Leopold Stokowski

Without music life would be a mistake.- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

If the King loves music, it is well with the land. - Mencius

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.- Victor Hugo

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. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. - Plato

Music is the soundtrack of your life. - Dick Clark

Love the music in yourself, not yourself in the music. - Jon Peter Lewis

If music be the food of love; play on. - William Shakespeare

If one hears bad music it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation. - Oscar Wilde

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. - Luciano Pavarotti

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice quotes. I had never heard any of them before. And that is odd as they are so natural it would seem like somebody would remember "Without music life would be a mistake." Nietzsche.

Arkansas Patti said...

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." - Leopold Stokowski
Loved it.

Winifred said...

Those quotes are brilliant.

I'd only heard the Shakespeare one. I love the Dick Clark one, it's so true. When you hear certain pieces of music it takes you back to the time in your life when you heard it.

The Plato one is very perceptive and Oscar Wilde's so funny.

Twisted Fencepost said...

Music has always been a big part of my life. From Mom singing in the choir, my brother's extensive album collection to my Dad and I playing guitar together.
This post brings about a whole slew of good memories.
Thanks, Patty!

Jana's Indigo Moon said...

Especially coming from Nietzsche! I just watched a series of videos about the string theory and it was said that the voice of God could be heard in music- because music is heard in space. Awesome!!
How are you Miss Patty? I miss you!!

Gigi Ann said...

Just reading Dick Clarks quote "Music is the soundtrack of your life." Brings back many songs of my teen-age years. Especially, watching his Dance show each afternoon and listening to the latest hits of the day. Those were the days...

Renie Burghardt said...

Lex Barker always has the best quotes! Love all of these. And this one, I have to try-
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. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Happy weekend!

Renie

Sunny said...

Hi Patty! Yes, really great quotes....and we all know that Music is the one language that the whole world understands. :)

Sunny said...

Great quotes. I think Pavarotti said it best!
Sunny :)

dyanna said...

These are interesting quotes.I like them very much.
Have a nice week-end.