Musical Quotes A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. – Leopold Stokowski Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. – Berthold Auerbach All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! – Thomas Carlyle If the King loves music, it is well with the land. – Mencius Without music life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body. – Oliver Wendell Holmes If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. – Gustav Mahler Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! – Oliver Wendell Holmes Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. – Charlie Parker READ MORE