A Few Music Quotes

"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils."

William Shakespeare -- in "The Merchant of Venice"

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"Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art."

Jean Sibelius, explaining why he rarely invited musicians to his home.

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"Atonal music is so called because somewhere, sometime, someone is going to have to atone for it."

"A composer does not really finish a work. He merely abandons it."

Aaron Copland