38 Writers Reflect On The Awesome Power Of Music
Writers from Tolstoy to Nietzsche to Hans Christian Andersen attempt to put into words the magic that musicians put into notes.
Tim Sirlane
October 19, 2016
October 19, 2016
“Music has power to create a universe or to destroy a civilization.”
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Music, Katherine Neville
“Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.”
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Music, Leo Tolstoy
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
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Music, Victor Hugo
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances of man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the Infinite.”
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Music, Thomas Carlyle
“For without music, life is a journey through a desert that has not ever heard the rumor of God.”
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Music, Pat Conroy
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
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Music, Aldous Huxley
“The only truth is music….Music blends with the heartbeat universe and we forget the brain beat.”
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Music, Jack Kerouac
“Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.”
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Music, Napoleon Bonaparte
“Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.”
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Music, Kurt Vonnegut
“Music is a holy place, a cathedral so majestic that we can sense the magnificence of the universe, and also a hovel so simple and private that none of us can plumb its deepest secrets.”
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Music, Don Campbell
“Music is like poetry. It can stop you thinking. But it can also open you up.”
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Deborah Meyler, Music
“Music carries the weight of being human, takes it away so you don't have to think at all, you just have to listen. Music tells every story there is.”
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Estelle Laure, Music
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.”
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Music, Hunter S. Thompson