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FAMOUS PEOPLE ABOUT MUSIC |
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The earth has music for those who
listen. |
William
Shakespeare |
1564–1616,
English poet and playwright |
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Music is an
agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the
soul. |
J. S. Bach |
1685-1750,
German composer and organist |
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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 |
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Music is a
higher revelation than philosophy. |
Ludwig van
Beethoven |
1770-1827
German composer and pianist |
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Music
expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be
silent. |
Victor Hugo |
1802–1885,
French poet, playwright, novelist |
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Where words
fail, music speaks. |
Hans
Christian Andersen |
1805–1875,
Danish author and poet |
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MUSIC is the
shorthand of emotion. |
Leo
Tolstoy |
1828-1910,
Russian novelist, philosopher |
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Mozart is
sweet sunshine. |
Antonin
Dvorak |
1841–1904,
Czech composer |
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Classical
MUSIC is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. |
Elbert
Hubbard |
1859-1915,
American author, publisher |
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In speaking
about his renowned Theory of Relativity: |
Albert
Einstein |
1879–1955,
theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1921) |
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“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 joy
in life out of music.” |
Albert
Einstein |
1879–1955,
theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1921) |
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The notes I
handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes --ah,
that is where the art resides. |
Artur
Schnabel |
1882-1951,
German-born American pianist |
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Teaching
music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear
fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop
sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart. |
Shinichi
Suzuki |
1898-1998,
violinist and creator of the "Suzuki method" |
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It is cruel,
you know, that MUSIC should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness
and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and
never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of
monotony. |
Benjamin
Britten |
1913-1976,
British composer |
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MUSIC is your
own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it
won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to MUSIC.
But, man, there's no boundary line to art. |
Charlie
Parker |
1920-1955,
American jazz musician |
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Nothing
separates the generations more than MUSIC. By the time a child is eight or
nine, he has developed a passion for his own MUSIC that is even stronger than
his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. |
Bill
Cosby |
1937-,
American actor, comedian, producer |
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I love to
hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting
themselves to a piece of MUSIC. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel
optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that. |
Paul
McCartney |
1942-,
British pop star, composer, songwriter, member of ''Beatles'' |
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I think MUSIC
in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's
something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone
loves MUSIC. |
Billy
Joel |
1949-,
American musician, piano man, singer, songwriter |
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