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Music Quotes & Sayings

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
- Leopold Stokowski

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
- Sir Thomas Beecham

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.
- Oliver Herford

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
- Josh Billings

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.
- Edward Gardner

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.
- Henry Giles

Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.
- Joseph Addison

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
- Miles Davis

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
- Berthold Auerbach

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
- John Keats