“Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“A writer’s heart, a poet’s heart, an artist’s heart, a musician’s heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world…”— Alice Walker, amazon.com
“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.”— Nina LaCour, amazon.com
“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, t…”— William Lyon Phelps, en.wikipedia.org
“I really didn't mind trying anything and I think that's one reason that I used to do comedy in the beginning, I just did it because I didn't think I could sing as good as my sisters.”— June Carter Cash, npr.org
“Well, you know, the way I feel about the music… It can be copied you know. But, it’s not copying that do it… It’s the feel. You know? It carry a feel. If you ask plenty musicians... Them know it – but them can’t do it. Some people still searching for this truth here.”— Bob Marley, genius.com
“I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it’s almost like the other people can’t see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.”— Chuck Klosterman, amazon.com
“My music is incredible. I don’t know what to call it because I’ve yet to see an artist display the different talents I display or create the different genres that I have created; from the rock and roll to heavy metal to soft rock to rap to country. I display so many styles. That’s why they love me.”— Kevin Gates, thecore94.com
“These new computational techniques create a broader palette for artists.”— Allison Parrish, nytimes.com
“Music is more accessible now than ever — and more solitary than ever. In past generations, people have relied on each other to be able to listen to music, gathering in clubs and public spaces. But advances in technology in the last decade or two mean that human interaction is no longer necessary to…”— Megan Lunny, burlingtoncountytimes.com
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”— Maya Angelou, twitter.com
“Moving on seems harder to do when the one that you love moves faster than you.”— Khalid, open.spotify.com
“Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com
“That is the ultimate project for me—figuring out how language can perform this same kind of trick that music does.”— John Edgar Wideman, theparisreview.org