Listening To Music Quotes - Page 18

• Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Differences, Tough Times, Magic

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• The earth has music for those who listen.

  George Santayana

  Music, Encouragement, Art

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

  Aldous Huxley

  Motivational, Music, Wisdom

  Music at Night (1931) p. 17

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• A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

  Leopold Stokowski

  Inspirational, Music, Art

  Leopold Stokowski's address to an audience at Carnegie Hall, as quoted in The New York Times, May 11, 1967.

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• Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

  Victor Hugo

  Music, Sound And Music, Musical Life

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• Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.

  Yanni

  Life, Motivational, Music

  Yanni (2003). “Yanni in Words”

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• This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.

  Bob Dylan

  Music, Running, Land

  Bob Dylan (1970). “Tarantula”

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• Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present.

  Alan Watts

  Past, Listening, Life Is Like

  Alan Watts (1983). “The Way of Liberation: Essays and Lectures on the Transformation of the Self”, Weatherhill, Incorporated

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• Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.

  Aulus Cornelius Celsus

  Music, Fitness, Running

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• I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.

  J. D. Salinger

  Coffee, Book, Doors

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• If you miss the bus, miss the train, you’d be left behind. So everyone says, let’s get on the train, let’s get on the bus and go faster and get rich... I just didn’t like that kind of lifestyle. I love to read books, to listen to music.

  Haruki Murakami

  Book, Missing, Kind

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• A good concert, if you're kind of relaxed, it can do something to you. It's sort of an emotional break you get by listening to music.

  Walt Disney

  Emotional, Listening, Kind

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