90 Best Music Quotes of All-Time (With Images!)

Music Quotes

Here are the most famous music quotes from the best musical artists of all-time! The wisest words and lyrics from musicians and music lovers like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and Mozart.

Good Quotes About Music

Music is not take it or leave it; Music is life or death!

“Music is not take it or leave it; Music is life or death!” – Joss Stirling

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

“Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.” – Marcel Marceau

I lose myself in music because I can’t be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

“I lose myself in music because I can’t be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.” – Robert Smith

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Every song is like a painting.

“Every song is like a painting.” – Dick Dale

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.

“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

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

“I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.” – Criss Jami

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.” – Lao Tzu

I see my life in terms of music.

“I see my life in terms of music.” – Albert Einstein

When you’re happy, you enjoy the music but when you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.

“When you’re happy, you enjoy the music but when you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.” – Frank Ocean

Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

“Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” – Jimi Hendrix

Even if you can’t sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing.

“Even if you can’t sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing.” – Rebbe Nachman

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

“Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.” – Napoléon Bonaparte

A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.

“A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.” – Colbie Caillat

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.

“Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.” – Maria von Trapp

Music gives color to the air of the moment.

“Music gives color to the air of the moment.” – Karl Lagerfeld

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you play the stereo at max volume, it’s almost like the other people can’t see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

“I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you play the stereo at max volume, it’s almost like the other people can’t see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.” – Chuck Klosterman

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” – Haruki Murakami

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” – Maya Angelou

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.” – Alphonse de Lamartine

Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.

“Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

“Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.” – Stevie Wonder

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” – Pablo Casals

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

“Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.” – Kahlil Gibran

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

“Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.” – Keith Richards

Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.

“Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.” – Leigh Hunt

Music can change the world because it can change people.

“Music can change the world because it can change people.” – Bono

Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.

“Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.” – Edgar Winter

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

“Those who wish to sing always find a song.” – Unknown

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.

“Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.” – Jason Mraz

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

“Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.” – Sarah Dessen

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

“The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.” – H. Auden

Music is the soundtrack to every good and bad time we will ever have.

“Music is the soundtrack to every good and bad time we will ever have.” – Alex Gaskarth

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

“My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.” – Martin Luther

Live music is where you get the inspiration and the creativity.

“Live music is where you get the inspiration and the creativity.” – Paul Rodgers

The more you love music, the more music you love.

“The more you love music, the more music you love.” – Tom Moon

Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.

“Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.” – Ray Charles

Some people have lives; some people have music.

“Some people have lives; some people have music.” – John Green

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

“Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.” – Plato

Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.

“Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.” – Aretha Franklin

I need to listen to chill music when I’m driving. It prevents road rage.

“I need to listen to chill music when I’m driving. It prevents road rage.” – Aaron Paul

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable.

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable.” – Henry David Thoreau

Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.

“Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.” – Morrissey

If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.

“If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.” – Anna Akhmatova

It’s like if the music is loud enough I won’t be able to listen to my own thoughts.

“It’s like if the music is loud enough I won’t be able to listen to my own thoughts.” – Nic Sheff

Music is like a huge release of tension.

“Music is like a huge release of tension.” – James Taylor

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.

“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” – Sergei Rachmaninov

Life is one grand sweet song so start the music.

“Life is one grand sweet song so start the music.” – Ronald Reagan

Music is my higher power.

“Music is my higher power.” – Oliver James

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley (view more Bob Marley quotes)

Where words fail, music speaks.

“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen

Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.

“Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.” – E.Y. Harburg

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.” – Thomas Carlyle

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato

Softly, deftly, music shall caress you. Hear it, feel it, Secretly possess you.

“Softly, deftly, music shall caress you. Hear it, feel it, Secretly possess you.” – Charles Hart

Without music, life would be a mistake.

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.” – Igor Stravinsky

Country music is three chords and the truth.

“Country music is three chords and the truth.” – Harlan Howard

People haven’t always been there for me but music always has.

“People haven’t always been there for me but music always has.” – Taylor Swift

Or music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all, but you are the music while the music lasts.

“Or music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all, but you are the music while the music lasts.” – T.S. Eliot

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

“I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.” – Sarah  McLachlan

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” – Victor Hugo

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Berthold Auerbach

Music is the strongest form of magic.

“Music is the strongest form of magic.” – Marilyn Manson

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” – Confucious

I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.

“I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.” – David Bowie

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.” – Johann Sebastian Bach

Without music, life would be a blank to me.

“Without music, life would be a blank to me.” – Jane Austen

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

“Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.” – Lou Rawls

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” – Albert Schweitzer

Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.

“Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.” – Edward Bulwer Lytton

My music isn’t just music—it’s medicine.

“My music isn’t just music—it’s medicine.” – Kanye West

If I cannot fly, let me sing.

“If I cannot fly, let me sing.” – Stephen Sondheim

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

“Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.” – Eminem

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it’s not OK, but you can change it.

“Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it’s not OK, but you can change it.” – Bono

Music is … A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy

“Music is … A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy” – Ludwig van Beethoven

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” – Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy

The only truth is music.

“The only truth is music.” – Jack Kerouac

The power of music makes all the difference to me with motivation throughout the day.

“The power of music makes all the difference to me with motivation throughout the day.” – Paul Brodie

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?

“How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?” – Jane Swan

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.

“The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.” – Jodi Picoult

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

“Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.” – John Milton

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” – Elton John

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

“For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.” – Reba McEntire

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

“Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?” – Goldie Hawn

Composers shouldn’t think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.

“Composers shouldn’t think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.” – Howard Dietz

Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.

“Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.” – Pat Conroy

Music is by far the most wonderful method we have to remind us each day of the power of personal accomplishment.

“Music is by far the most wonderful method we have to remind us each day of the power of personal accomplishment.” – Chris S. Salazar

Music, my rampart and my only one.

“Music, my rampart and my only one.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay

Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.

“Music – that’s been my education. There’s not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.” – Billie Joe Armstrong

Music is the universal language of mankind.

“Music is the universal language of mankind.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.

“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.” – Modest Mouse

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

“Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.” – Frank Zappa

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.

“Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.” – Johnny Depp

Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

“Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” – Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley

If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they’d be.

“If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they’d be.” – Lauren Myracle

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.

“Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.” – Joshua Logan

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