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“It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.”

“In music the passions enjoy themselves.”

"Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.”

“Without music, life would be an error.”

“Without music life would be a mistake.”

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that. I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”

“If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die.”

“The earth has music for those who listen.”

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”

“Where words fail, music speaks.”

“Oh, the brave music of a distant drum!”

“When words leave off, music begins.”

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), "Music at Night", 1931

[T]here's no bad day that can't be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet; this is just truth, plain and simple.
Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, September 30, 2003