“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.”
Music Quotes
Browse 6488 quotes about Music.
Related topics
Music Quotes
“Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.”
“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”
“Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.”
Source: Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation about Writing
“With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.”
“The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.”
“Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?”
“The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.”
“The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.”
“It isn't true that you live only once. You only die once. You live lots of times if you know how.”
“You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.”
“When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.”
“I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.”
“If you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.”
“I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.”
“One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?”
“You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops.”
Source: The World of Earl Hines
“[Jazz singing] is like pornography. You can't say what it is, but you know it when you see it.”
“The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.”
“Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows.”