#music

"I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can."

"I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them."

"Philosophy is the highest music."

"There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music."

"Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing."

"Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way."

"The only truth is music."

"The harmonica has musical wind, and is the breath of soul. It’s like a sad, lonely I love you lost in the breeze."

"I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet."

"There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do."

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

"If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time."

"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."

"Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything."

"I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen."

"Oh! to shoot for the stars if feels right. Aim for my heart if it feels right."

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."

"God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you."