William Shakespeare

1564–1616, English poet and playwright

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

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

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770-1827 German composer and pianist

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

Where words fail, music speaks.

Hans Christian Andersen

1805–1875, Danish author and poet

MUSIC is the shorthand of emotion.

Leo Tolstoy 

1828-1910, Russian novelist, philosopher 

Mozart is sweet sunshine.

Antonin Dvorak

1841–1904, Czech composer

Classical MUSIC is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Elbert Hubbard 

1859-1915, American author, publisher 

In speaking about his renowned Theory of Relativity:
“It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.”

Albert Einstein

1879–1955, theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1921)

“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)

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 

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"

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 

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 

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 

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'' 

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