“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays
“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
― Albert Schweitzer
“Where words leave off, music begins.”
― Heinrich Heine
“Music is... a higher revelation than all wisdom & philosophy.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, 'Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.'”
― Lady Gaga
“The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.”
― Lester Bangs
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”
― Leopold Stokowski