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Technically, Music is a form of art, but generally speaking music is anything that encourages you to tap your feet and lifts your spirit. Music breaks the barrier of countries and cultures and unites people in whichever form it is played. Over the course of human civilization, great people and musicians have shared their thoughts, opinions, viewpoints, perspectives, ways and the pragmatic affect that music has had in their lives, and also the way it impacts others’ lives. These quotes and sayings on music basically revolve around how one can derive solace in music - be it in times of heartbreak or when life gives you lemons or maybe whenever you are running high on emotions. Besides being your anchor in the hour of tide, music also succours in expressing your happiness, high spirits, festivity and glee. Read through these thoughts and quotes on music expressed by musicians and non-musicians and how music has made their lives worth living.

Without music, life would be a mistake.
Friedrich Nietzsche

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent
Victor Hugo

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Friedrich Nietzsche

If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.
William Shakespeare

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
William Shakespeare

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Maya Angelou

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
Albert Einstein

Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.

Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
Langston Hughes

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC
Kurt Vonnegut

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.
Nicholas Sparks

The earth has music for those who listen.

The earth has music for those who listen.
George Santayana

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.
Charles Darwin

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer

Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!
Bette Midler

The only truth is music.
Jack Kerouac

Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy

Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy
Ludwig van Beethoven

If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.

If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.
Anna Akhmatova

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!
Bram Stoker

If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.
Henry Van Dyke

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
Bette Midler

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
Hermann Hesse

I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?

I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?
Bette Midler

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.
David Byrne

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.
David Byrne

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.
Johnny Cash

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
Gustave Flaubert

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.
Johnny Depp