"The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what it is the Source." ~ B. B. King
The Spirit speaks directly to our hearts through music. That’s why music has always had such power to move people into positive action. ~ Kenny Loggins
Music was my refuge, I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." ~ Maya Angelou
Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside. ~ Elvis Presley
All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.~ Bruce Springsteen
Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.~ Napoléon Bonaparte
Music is the shorthand of emotion.~ Leo Tolstoy
Yes, death is strong, but . . . stronger is music than death. ~ Franz Werfel
Where there is music there can be no evil. ~ Cervantes
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. ...I get most you in life out of music. ~ Albert Einstein
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. ~ Lawrence Durrell
I'm not listening for song ideas; I'm listening for soul ideas. ~ Chuck Cannon
The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love. ~ Andrea Bocelli, USA Today, 9/3/04