My Top 15 Favorite Music Quotes

Don't you just love hearing about music from musicians? They understand the power of music like no other, and some of them have the gift of putting it into words for us. My family could tell you I am a quote nerd, and I especially love, love, LOVE quotes about music. Here are my favorites! Enjoy!

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging." ~ Bach

"Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us." ~ Anonymous. Aren't so many good quotes by people who will never get the credit?

"Music is the universal language of mankind." ~ Longfellow

"When you play music you discover a part of yourself that you never knew existed." ~ Bill Evans

"Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart." ~ Anonymous

"There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." ~ Bach

"I wasn't meant to play in public... crowds intimidate me, their breath stifles me, their stares petrify me, their strange faces throw me into confusion." ~ Chopin

"Music can change the world." ~ Beethoven

"The slower you go, the faster you'll get there." ~ John Link

"When you play, never mind who listens."~ Schumann

"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand." ~ Anonymous

"I often think in music. I live my dreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." ~ Albert Einstein

"Music is life. That's why our hearts have beats." ~ Anonymous

"The music is not in the notes, but in the silence in between." ~ Mozart

"Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it." ~ Tom Lehrer

Bonus!

My own go at it: "Music is the expression of the heart in a language the heart understands."

Music lovers, what are your favorites?