Quotes about Music Meaning

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music. Votes: 2

Nobody talks about music as having intrinsic meaning, how it engages the mind. Votes: 2

There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music. Votes: 2

I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music. Votes: 2

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not. Votes: 2

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them. Votes: 2

The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of. Votes: 2

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. Votes: 2

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear. Votes: 2

There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and the shape and the sound. Votes: 2

All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time. Votes: 2

There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung. Votes: 2

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better. Votes: 2

When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play. Votes: 2

I think things can have more than one meaning and still connect with people. There's a lot of meaning to the title 'Music For People' and they're all true and they're all accurate. Votes: 2

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. Votes: 2

Whatever you do in life, there's content and form; only those two put together create special meaning of a great work of art or great interpretation of music or a great story that you tell. Votes: 2

My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak. Votes: 2

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.' Votes: 2

I don't feel a real need to specify the meaning of something. When I was little and I was introduced to Led Zeppelin, I didn't know what a zeppelin was or who Zeppelin was or what the machine was. The real meaning is whatever feelings and memories you attach to the music. Votes: 2

...a good poem contains both meaning and music Votes: 0

Sometimes language can't even read the music of meaning. Votes: 0

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning. Votes: 0

I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music. Votes: 0

A story is not only meaning, it's music as well. Votes: 0

...words are not only meaning but music and magic and power. Votes: 0

Into the day as by dream I swim / To the music of nourished meaning. Votes: 0

I think meaning is something that's really unnecessary in music, at least for me. Votes: 0

In the beginning we were making tape music, meaning, we were making music on tape. Votes: 0

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. Votes: 0

music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful. Votes: 0

Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you--almost apart from their meaning--a thrill like music? Votes: 0

The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of Votes: 0

Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No. Votes: 0

the truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same. Votes: 0

A fine poem combines the elements of meaning, music, and a form like a living frame that holds it together. Votes: 0

I wanted to make some music with deeper meaning mixed with the fun and cool stuff I've been doing for so long. Votes: 0

Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads. Votes: 0

There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music. Votes: 0

I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually. Votes: 0

Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to our world. Votes: 0

The profound meaning of music's essential aim... is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being Votes: 0

Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own. Votes: 0

It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres. Votes: 0

If you want meaning, you read poetry or a novel or something, you don't read song lyrics. You're supposed to listen to them with music. Votes: 0

Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their tribes. Votes: 0

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music. Votes: 0

The muffled syllables that Nature speaksFill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks,She makes a sweeter music than is heard. Votes: 0

The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal. Votes: 0