There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured,

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. – Jean de la Bruyere

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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. – Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

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Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. – Bill Cosby

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People havent always been there for me, but music always has. – Taylor Swift

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