I enjoy all forms of music – pop, classical and opera. – Stephen Hawking
We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets – we remember only. – Henry Miller
Some music really does suck! – Henry Rollins
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. – Samuel Butler
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. – Samuel Johnson
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. – Henri Frederic Amiel
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. – Elton John
In memory everything seems to happen to music. – Tennessee Williams
I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium. – Maynard James Keenan
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. – Billie Joe Armstrong
I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today. – Buddy Rich
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. – Keith Richards
The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority. – Henry Rollins
Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. – Maynard James Keenan
On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. – David Bowie
Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. – Xun Zi
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. – Diogenes
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. – Maria Callas
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. – Grace Slick
But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture. – E. O. Wilson
