Music
Quotes - Thank God for books and music
“I
like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
―
Tom Waits
“Who
are you?
Are
you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?
Have
you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?
I
have. I am fucking crazy.
But
I am free.”
―
Lana Del Rey
“Asleep
by the Smiths
Vapour
Trail by Ride
Scarborough
Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A
Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Dear
Prudence by the Beatles
Gypsy
by Suzanne Vega
Nights
in White Satin by the Moody Blues
Daydream
by Smashing Pumpkins
Dusk
by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!)
MLK
by U2
Blackbird
by the Beatles
Landslide
by Fleetwood Mac
Asleep
by the Smiths (again!)
-Charlie's
mixtape”
―
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“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
“A
fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”
―
Jess C Scott
“Live
your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your
dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings.
Make today worth remembering.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“Who
hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.”
―
Robert Browning, The complete poetical works of Browning
“I
just can't listen to any more Wagner, you know...I'm starting to get the urge
to conquer Poland.”
―
Woody Allen
“Information
is not knowledge.
Knowledge
is not wisdom.
Wisdom
is not truth.
Truth
is not beauty.
Beauty
is not love.
Love
is not music.
Music
is THE BEST.”
― Frank
Zappa
“If
being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in
that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”
―
John Lennon
“I
used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the
people that call others weird that are weird.”
―
Paul McCartney
“Thank
God for books and music and things I can think about.”
―
Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
“The
music is not in the notes,
but
in the silence between.”
―
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Jazz
isn't dead. It just smells funny.”
―
Frank Zappa
“We
are the music-makers,
And
we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering
by lone sea-breakers,
And
sitting by desolate streams.
World-losers
and world-forsakers,
Upon
whom the pale moon gleams;
Yet
we are the movers and shakers,
Of
the world forever, it seems.”
―
Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy
“He
took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that
people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It
changes you.”
―
Hannah Harrington, Saving June
“And
I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.”
―
Bob Dylan
“Music
is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.”
―
Alphonse de Lamartine
“the
past is only the future with the lights on.”
―
Mark Hoppus, blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom
“I've
always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they
burst into song at significant moments.”
―
John Barrowman
“Would
you destroy Something perfect in order to make it beautiful?”
―
Gerard Way
“When
we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each
other.”
―
Rob Sheffield, Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
“Perfume
was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odors...
Spices
and bold flavorings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting
meat...
What
then was music created for?
Was
it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves?
I
think I know.”
―
Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
“The
first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but
not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your
culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To
write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.”
―
Chuck Palahniuk
“So
don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things
that shine. [Ours]”
―
Taylor Swift
“Music
is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on
everything and anything else can have in common.”
―
Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
“Music
in the soul can be heard by the universe.”
―
Lao Tzu
