A collection of proverbs, quotes and sayings about music and musicians. If you can’t say it, sing it.
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A bell cricket is kept in its cage because of its song.
A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.
Benny GreenA painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
Keith RichardsA single tree makes no forest; one string makes no music.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.
Albert EinsteinA world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.
Laurie ColwinAfter silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous HuxleyAll music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
Louis ArmstrongAll the sounds of the earth are like music.
Oscar HammersteinChurches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.
Daniel DennettDo you have to be black or white to play the blues?
Keith RichardsDon’t blow your own trumpet.
You should not talk proudly about your own achievements and success.Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, Oh Lord why don't we?
Paul McCartneySide by side on my piano keyboard, Oh Lord why don't we?
Source: Ebony and Ivory lyrics
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
Frank CapraGive me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
Keith RichardsI believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
Mick JaggerI know it's only Rock & Roll, but I like it.
The Rolling StonesI think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs.
Roger WatersI'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.
Mick JaggerI've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.
Saoirse RonanIf music be the food of love, play on.
William ShakespeareIf music be the food of love; play on.
William ShakespeareIf you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.
You don't have to be perfect to enjoy life.If you can't say it, sing it.
(unknown author)If you don't know the blues ... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
Keith RichardsIt's the singer, not the song.
The Rolling StonesKeep a tree green in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.
Listen to them - the children of the night. What music they make!
Bram StokerSource: Dracula
This refers to the singing of wolves.
Mathematics is the music of reason.
James Joseph SylvesterMove your neck according to the music.
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
(unknown author)Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
Jimi HendrixMusic fills the infinite between two souls.
Rabindranath TagoreMusic is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.
Jason MrazMusic is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
Walter Savage LandorMusic is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.
Louis ArmstrongMusic is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Jean Paul RichterMusic is my first love.
Mandy MooreMusic is spiritual. The music business is not.
Van MorrisonMusic is the color of sound.
(unknown author)Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
Leigh HuntMusic is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
John ErskineMusic is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Robert FrippMusic is well said to be the speech of angels.
Thomas CarlyleMy personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Edith SitwellRock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.
Charlie WattsSilence is music to a wise man.
Sing me back home before I die
Merle HaggardSource: Lyrics: Sing Me Back Home
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Keith Richards