Quotes on Words And Music

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.

If music be the food of love, play on.

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

My [singing] style really has no style, because I try to sing each number differently. I’ve always believed that if style takes precedent over the words and music, the audience get’s cheated. It’s like when people see a fine play or movie. They imagine themselves in the leading role. I want them to imagine that they’re singing - not just listening to someone else.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

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

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memories.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then, "Nowhere Man" came, words and music, the whole damn thing, as I lay down...Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed sleep.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

Where words leave off, music begins.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.