17 Great Quotes about Music

Here's 17 great quotes about music you don't want to miss, plus a few great tunes at the end to hopefully inspire you. All opinions and recommendations welcome!

17 Great Quotes about Music

1:

"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 427 BC - 347 BC : Philosopher 

2:

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

- Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 - 1900
German philosopher, poet and composer

3:

"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."

- Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827
German composer and pianist

4:

"If you look deep enough you will see music;
the heart of nature being everywhere music."

- Thomas Carlyle 1795 - 1881
Philosopher, writer and teacher

5:

"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."

- Thomas Carlyle 1795 - 1881
Philosopher, writer and teacher

6:

"Where words fail, music speaks."

- Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 1875
Danish author and poet

7:

"We should consider every day lost
on which we have not danced at least once."

- Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 - 1900
German philosopher, poet and composer

8:

"Music is the movement of sound
to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."

- Plato 427 BC - 347 BC : Philosopher

9:

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."

- Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827
German composer and pianist

10:

"Life dies but forever will there be music. Always." 

- Nicholas A. McGirr

11:

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance
into the higher world of knowledge
which comprehends mankind
but which mankind cannot comprehend."

- Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827
German composer and pianist

12:

"Beautiful music is the art of the prophet
that can calm the agitations of the soul;
it is one of the most magnificent
and delightful presents God has given us."

- Martin Luther 1483 - 1546
German Monk, Priest and Protestant Reformer

13:

"There are two means of refuge
from the miseries of life:
music and cats."

- Albert Schweitzer 1875 - 1965
Theologian, musician, philosopher, physician

14:

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man,
and bring tears from the eyes of woman."

- Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827
German composer and pianist

15:

"After silence that which comes nearest
to expressing the inexpressible
is music." 

- Aldous Huxley 1894 - 1963 : Author

16:

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

- Berthold Auerbach 1812 - 1882 : Poet and author

17:

"One good thing about music,
when it hits you, you feel no pain."

- Bob Marley

A Few Tunes to Inspire You...

...oooor not depending on your taste!

Anyway I hope you enjoyed these music quotes folks.

Here's a few tunes from some legends in the music industry that have been consistently inspiring us down the years.

I'd love to know what songs inspire you? Leave your favourites in the comment box and I'll compile a visitor compilation playlist.

I can't guarantee I'll include all suggestions but I will do my best.

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