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“Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.”

Long Made Earth Fall Water Music Air Figures Fame Moon Rounds Active Graves Decent Strings Strokes Woven Tenors Saturn

Author:Abraham Cowley

“I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and keening cries and rhythms and stories and backbeats.”

Stories Dream Song Fall Music Sea Century Cry Singing Rhythm Ancestor Falling Down Lullaby

Book:Composed: A Memoir

Source: Composed: A Memoir

“I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun.”

People Ifs Knows Giving Mind Wells Would Be Faces Fall Fun Enjoy Music Music Is Criticism Edges Clever Flats Bores Bores You

Author:John Lennon

“In sweet music is such art: killing care and grief of heart fall asleep, or hearing, die.”

Heart Art Care Dies Fall Grief Music Sweet Comfort Musician Music Is Killing Hearing Orpheus Sweet Music Hearing Music

Author:William Shakespeare

“If you must write prose or poems, the words you use should be your own. Don't plagiarize or take 'on loan'. There's always someone, somewhere, with a big nose, who knows, who'll trip you up and laugh when you fall.”

Ifs Knows Should Writing Use Bigs Fall Music Laughing Noses Prose Loan Big Nose

Author:Steven Morrissey

“The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.”

People Fall Music Smoke Herbs Babylon Smoking Weed Rasta

Author:Bob Marley

“Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell you to fall in love with the act. You're really crazy now.'”

Said Guy Fall Music Crazy Bird Jazz Falling In Love Musical Monk Bud

Author:Charles Mingus

“The music business was not safe, but it was FUN. It was like falling in love with a woman you know is bad for you, but you love every minute with her, anyway.”

Knows Love Fall Fun Music Minutes Safe Falling In Love Music Business

Author:Lionel Richie

“Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.”

Fall Music Falling In Love Broken Heart Falling Apart Once Upon A Time Total Eclipse

Author:Bonnie Tyler

“Music is only understood when one goes away singing it and only loved when one falls asleep with it in one's head, and finds it still there on waking up the next morning.”

Stills Fall Next Music Morning Music Is Singing Understood Wake Up Waking

Book:Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg

Source: Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg

“When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music.”

Fall Music Silent Generosity Fall Into Place Things Fall Into Place

Author:Rumi

“I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.”

May I Can Fall Music Let Me Continuing Chips

Author:Lee Ann Womack