Music Quotes

“Where words fail, music speaks.”  ~ Hans Christian Andersen

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” ~ Aldous Huxley

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ~ Maya Angelou

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ~ Plato

“I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.” ~ Ludwig van Beethoven

“Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.” ~ Napoléon Bonaparte

“When you play, never mind who listens to you.” ~Robert Schumann

“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.” ~ Frank Zappa

“Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to be the universe.” ~ Douglas Adams