We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.
Ringo Starr

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
William Wordsworth

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
William Wordsworth

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.
Gertrude Stein

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason.
Will Smith

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Truman Capote

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.
Truman Capote

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.
Frank Sinatra

Music is always a commentary on society.
Frank Zappa

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
Frank Zappa

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.
Frank Zappa

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.
Frank Zappa

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
Frank Zappa

In memory everything seems to happen to music.
Tennessee Williams

Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.
Keith Richards

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
Keith Richards

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
Keith Richards

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Keith Richards

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
Keith Richards

Music is the melody whose text is the world.
Arthur Schopenhauer