Maybe the 21st Will Be Better

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.
~ Bing Crosby ~

Self Portrait

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
~ Samuel Butler ~

Instrument

Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.
~ June Masters Bacher ~

Disabilities Beget Opportunities

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.
~ Jim Davis ~

Suit Yourself

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
~ Truman Capote ~

Everything Becomes Music

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.
~ Truman Capote ~

Make Sense of This

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
~ Joseph Addison ~

Don't Turn Away

A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.
~ Anonymous ~

Contemption for Conformity

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.
~ Albert Einstein ~

You Can't Make Me

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.
~ Frank Zappa ~

Imagine That

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
~ Yoko Ono ~

By George, I've Got It!

There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know what it is. But I've got it.
~ Ron Wood ~

Evil Does Not Always Breed Evil

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.
~ Paul Whiteman ~

Musical Advisory

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it in front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it.
~ James Taylor ~

Pull A Few Strings

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.
~ Jeffrey Tate ~