"Alas, for those who never sing, but die with all their music in them." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932, and as Acting Chief Justice of the United States January–February 1930.
"Every fragment of song holds a mirror to a past moment for someone." Fanny Cradock in War Comes to Castle Rising
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." Victor Hugo - Victor-Marie Hugo; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
"Music is the way our memories sing to us across time." Lance Morrow in Time
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." Berthold Auerbach (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German-Jewish poet and author.
"The other arts persuade us, but music takes us by surprise." Eduard Hanslick - Eduard Hanslick (11 September 1825 – 6 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian.
"Where words fail, music speaks." Hans Christian Andersen - (1805–75), Danish author. He is noted for his fairy tales, published from 1835, such as “The Snow Queen,”“The Ugly Duckling,” and“The Little Match Girl.”
"Without music, life is a journey through a desert." Pat Conroy in Beach Music
"You can change someone's life in three minutes with the right song." Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work with the E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", he is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class, sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice, and his lengthy and energetic stage performances—with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running at up to four hours in length.
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