Composer Quotes

There is nothing more musical than a sunset.

Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

Music is enough for a lifetime - but a lifetime is not enough for music.

Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind.

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul.

Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.

Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat.

I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you...then, I guess the music is working.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Tradition is not to preserve the ashes, but to pass on the fire.

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Music is the space between the notes.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

Old concept: Love is blind. Marriage is an eye opener. New concept: Love is not blind - it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

To regret the past, to hope in the future, and never to be satisfied with the present: that is what I spend my whole life doing

Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.

Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit . . . I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

Music can change the world.

Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.

Inspire and bring joy to all those you touch.

What is Music? How do you define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, the rustle of leaves in Summer. Music is the far off peal of bells at dusk! Music comes straight from the heart and talks only to the heart: it is Love! Music is the Sister of Poetry and her Mother is sorrow!

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

What you are, you are by accident of birth;

what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Never look at the trombones; it only encourages them.

Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles.

But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter, and for its sake alone, life in this world is worth living. Who knows, perhaps in heaven there will be no music. So let us live on the earth while we still have life!

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal

Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.

The sound of the sea, the curve of a horizon, wind in leaves, the cry of a bird leave manifold impression in us. And suddenly, without our wishing it at all, one of these memories spills from us and finds expression in musical language...I want to sing my interior landscape with the simple artlessness of a child.

With music, one's whole future life is brightened.

This is such a treasure in life that it helps us over many troubles and difficulties. Music is nourishment, a comforting elixir. Music multiplies all that is beautiful and of value in life.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.