Quote by Joseph Addison
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. – Joseph Addison

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young. – Joseph Addison

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Age
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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter. – Joseph Addison

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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. – Joseph Addison

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I dabbled in things like Howlin Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something Id been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues. – Jack White

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A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children. – Ian Anderson

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann

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Music is a performance and needs the audience. – Michael Tippett

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