The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral. - H. L

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral. – H. L. Mencken

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Music
category

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

Category:
Music

I found music to be the therapy of choice. – David Byrne

Category:
Music

Its not just the Grammys that Ive pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success. – Alanis Morissette

Category:
Music

Im probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 – to meet women. – Billy Joel

Category:
Music

Random Quotes

I know where Im going and I know the truth, and I dont have to be what you want me to be. Im free to be what I want. – Muhammad Ali

Category:
motivational

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. – Dr. Seuss

Category:
great

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed. – Slavoj Zizek

Category:
alone

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. – Bodhidharma

Category:
Anger