“In our whole life melody the music is broken off here and there by rests, and we foolishly think we have come to the end of time. God sends a time of forced leisure, a time of sickness and disappointed plans, and makes a sudden pause in the hymns of our lives, and we lament that our voice must be silent and our part missing in the music which ever goes up to the ear of our Creator. Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time and not be dismayed at the rests. If we look up, God will beat the time for us.” IfsThinkingWritingLooksDoeEndsWholeLife IsVoiceChristianityOur LivesPlansMissingDesignBrokenMusic IsBeatsEarsSilentCreatorWhole LifeGods WillLook UpSicknessMelodyDisappointedLeisurePausesEnd TimesHere And ThereHymnsLamentDismayed Author:John Ruskin
“For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say I'm a blues man, that's a very serious vocation - to muster the courage to find your own unique voice, to forge your distinctive style in the world, to leave your imprint in the sands of time in such a way that your singularity, your individuality, remains something that people have to come to terms with.” PeopleMenWorldWayVoiceTermStyleSeriousMusic IsUniqueRemainsIndividualityWho I AmSandVocationDistinctiveSingularityMusterUnique VoicesSands Of Time Author:Cornel West
“I dont support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.” WarVoiceSupportMusic IsTerrorismRefugeeCiviliansBombing Author:M.I.A.
“It is agreed that all sound which is the material of music is of three sorts. First is harmonica, which consists of vocal music; second is organica, which is formed from the breath; third is rhythmica, which receives its numbers from the beat of the fingers. For sound is produced either by the voice, coming through the throat; or by the breath, coming through the trumpet or tibia, for example; or by touch, as in the case of the cithara or anything else that gives a tuneful sound on being struck.” GivingFirstsThreeSoundVoiceNumbersMusicCasesExampleMaterialsMusic IsBeatsThirdsBreathsFingersThroatVocalTrumpetsHarmonicasSevilleVocal Music Author:Isidore of Seville
“I do love voices so much that I will use them and manipulate them. The presence of a human voice in a piece of music is really exciting, even if it's just someone's breathing.” IfsHumansUseVoicePiecesMusic IsExcitingBreathingManipulateHuman Voice Author:Arca
“Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.” PeopleLoveArtFallVoiceMusic IsFalling In LoveFinding YourselfSurroundNurturingInner VoiceSurround YourselfCommunicators Author:Glenn Hughes
“Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like ballet: a minority thing kept going by a minority group.” PeopleTryingBitsVoiceAliveGroupsMusic IsFolksBoringMinoritiesBalletFolk MusicMinority Groups Author:John Lennon
“Music is the voice of all humanity, of whatever time or place. In its presence, we are one.” HumanityVoiceMusic Is Author:Charlotte Gray
“As the voices beneath the music are talking, you find that the music is just as important as what they're saying. The traditional thing is to lower the music so you can hear the dialogue. We just couldn't do that for that song.” ImportantSongVoiceTalkingMusic IsDialogueTraditional Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.
“I've always been a huge fan of theatre and performance. The idea of just the human voice and just this night. Live music is the same. They're doing it for you right now. It's an amazing thing. And if you perform a story properly, it can be a transporting, too.” IfsHumansIdeasStoriesNightVoiceFansHugeRight NowMusic IsPerformancesTheatreAmazing ThingsHuman VoiceLive Music Author:T.C. Boyle
“On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn't allowed [singing my own original music], because it's not that type of show. I think it's really cool that I get to do my own thing now.” ThinkingShowsVoiceMy OwnTypeMusic IsSingingOriginalsReally CoolOriginal Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“I got into music because my Dad used to tell everyone I had the voice of an angel when I was two-years-old.” YearsTwoUsedVoiceDadMusic IsAngelMy DadTwo YearsTwo Year Olds Author:Janine and The Mixtape