We really believe in the magic of music, and regularly see that magic engage people individually and connect people together.
Expressing that is words can be a bit of a challenge for most of us. For great philosophers and musicians this can come quite naturally. So here are some of those insights that we've come across...
- I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music. Billy Joel
- After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldus Huxley
- If music be the food of love, play on. William Shakespeare
- Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. Frank Zappa
- Music is the shorthand of emotion. Leo Tolstoy
- Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Ludwig van Beethoven
- Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle
- Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve
- Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together. Edgar Winter
- Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. Herbie Hancock
- Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. Jacques Barzun
- Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Plato
- Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Victor Hugo
- Music is my religion. Jimi Hendrix
- Music is the soul of language. Max Heindel
- There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it. Mickey Hart
- Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. Robert Browning
