Music Sayings

“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make.”– Truman Capote

“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.”– Chinese Proverb

“You are the music while the music lasts.”– T.S. Eliot

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”– Arthur O’Shaughnessy

“Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.” – Hans Christian Anderson

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.”– Osho

“Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.”– Pat Conroy

“Music isn’t just a pleasure, a transient satisfaction. It’s a need, a deep hunger; and when the music is right, it’s joy. Love. A foretaste of heaven.”– Orson Scott Card

“If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.” – J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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

“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.”– George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

“Life, he realized, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.”– Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

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

“The more you love music, the more music you love.” – Tom Moon

We hope you’ve enjoyed this collection of music quotes! Everyone in the world, from the most isolated tribal groups to the most technologically advanced societies, has a form of music that they can relate to and experience. Share yours with us below and enjoy the benefits of good music.