Music is one of the most important factors in the life of human beings ; not in vain did it appear thousands of years ago, in the beginnings of our species, and has been occupying all the spaces of our daily life.

Are you a music lover? These famous quotes will make you fall in love

Music is present in festivals, ceremonies, works of art and even in television commercials, and it is even used in small doses of music to liven up certain moments: train journeys, study days, etc.

With so much potential, it is entirely reasonable that throughout history many prominent personalities have left for posterity interesting phrases about music .

80 phrases on music (short)

Below you can see a compilation of short phrases about music that give you food for thought. These are famous quotes from famous musicians and artists, as well as from other thinkers. Which one is your favourite?

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1. Music is the soundtrack of life

If we broaden the panorama with which we see our lives, we will realize that this reflection makes a lot of sense. The sentence is by Dick Clark .

2. There are two ways to take refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats

A sentence by Albert Schweitzer , not without a touch of humour, about the power of music.

3. Without music, life would be a mistake

One of the best known phrases by Nietzsche is also one of the phrases about music in which this form of art is given a higher value.

4. All good music should be an innovation

Les Baxter , about the nature of good music.

5. Music is love looking for words

A phrase by Lawrence Durrell in which music is related to one of the great human passions.

6. I see music as fluid architecture

Joni Mitchell sees a link between the meticulousness and strategic character of architecture and the mathematics that is in music.

7. Music can change the world because it can change people

Bono , the mythical leader of the band U2, offers this reflection on music, with a rather social focus.

8. Music expresses what cannot be said and what it is impossible to remain silent about

The French writer Victor Hugo left this reflection, one of the most remembered phrases about music.

9. Music is a greater revelation than all the wisdom and philosophy

Great composers also reflect on the nature of their work. On this occasion, it is Ludwig van Beethoven who makes us think.

10. Where words fail, music speaks

The expressive power of music is emphasized by Hans Christian Andersen .

11. Music is the mediator between the spiritual world and the world of the senses

Ludwig van Beethoven , about an art that according to him is between two worlds

12. The most famous and popular language in the world is music

The South Korean rapper Psy , about the unifying potential of music.

13. To some extent, the music is no longer mine, it’s yours

Phil Collins , the famous British drummer and singer, offers a short phrase about music that reminds us of a compressed version of the author’s death theories.

14. All the writers I know would prefer to be musicians

Kurt Cobain , leader of Nirvana, gives reason to see with admiration the work of the musicians, although he does not leave in very good place the writing.

15. Music is the shorthand of emotion

Leo Tolstoy , about the way music instantly expresses emotional states.

16. Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness

A positive and at the same time martial vision of music, by Jason Mraz .

17. Music in the soul can be heard by the universe

The Eastern philosopher Lao Tzu , about the transcendent aspect of music.

18. Minor artists borrow, great artists steal

The composer Igor Stravinsky rejects the idea that music should be an effort to differentiate oneself.

19. Rhythm and harmony find their way into the soul

Plato, in one of his phrases about music, relates it to his concept of the spiritual, which is very present in his philosophy.

20. Live music is healthy

The health impact of music, according to John Lydon .

21. The only truth is music

The writer of the beat generation, Jack Kerouac , in one of his frses about the most outstanding music.

22. Where the words are out, the music begins

Heinrich Heine also compares music with verbal expression, emphasizing the potential of the former.

23. Music is the type of art that is closest to tears and memory

Oscar Wilde believed that music is very connected with the emotional side of human beings.

24. Music swells the temperament

The late bandleader of The Doors, Jim Morrison , offers a vision of music related to the irrational.

25. Music is the poetry of the air

One of the most lyrical phrases about music, whose author was Jean Paul Richter .

26. The musician is probably the most modest of animals, but also the proudest

The minimalist composer Erik Satie exposes an apparent paradox.

27. When the music reaches you, you feel no pain

One of the great legends of music, Bob Marley , about the healing power of this art form.

28. Patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning

One of the most outstanding quotes from Plato , about the learning process.

29. Music is the universal language of humanity

Henry Hadsworth Longfellow also emphasizes the universal character of music.

30. Without deviating from the norm, progress is not possible

Frank Zappa about the need to break the rules and be faithful, in any case, to creativity.

31. All art constantly aspires to reach the condition of music

Walter Pater on the most outstanding art form.

32. Everything in the universe has rhythm, everything dances

The American artist Maya Angelou finds some properties of music in everything around us.

33. I accept chaos, although I’m not sure it accepts me

Bob Dylan , about his relationship with chaos in music and in his life.

34. I like beautiful tunes to tell me terrible things

Tom Waits talks here about the joyful tension that musical pieces can carry.

35. Music produces a kind of pleasure without which human nature cannot live

One of the oldest phrases about music, in this case by the philosopher Confucius .

36. Music is to the soul what gymnastics is to the body

Plato leaves us another famous quote talking about music and its benefits.

37. Music composes the decomposed spirits and relieves the works that are born of the spirit.

The author of Don Quixote de la Mancha , Miguel de Cervantes , on the benefits of listening to good tunes.

38. Music can give a name to the unnameable and communicate the unknown

Leonard Bernstein captures the magic of this art in this inspiring phrase.

39. In music all feelings return to their pure state and the world is nothing but music made real

Arthur Schopenhauer , the German philosopher, reflects on music.

40. Music is a higher revelation than any philosophy

Beethoven , on the mystical aspect of this art.

41. Composing is not difficult, what is complicated is dropping under the table the superfluous notes

The classical musician Johannes Brahms reflects on musical composition.

42. Rock is a pool, jazz is an ocean

The Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana , on the differences between these two musical genres.

43. Musicians are terribly unreasonable. They always want one to be totally deaf at the very moment one wishes to be completely deaf

A famous quote from Oscar Wilde .

44. Music is the voluptuousness of the imagination

Eugène Delacroix , proposes a connection between musical creation and imagination without brakes.

45. Music is the arithmetic of sounds, as optics is the geometry of light

Claude Debussy talks about his particular perception of musical art.

46. In truth, if it weren’t for the music, there would be more reasons to go crazy

The musician and composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky left us this interesting phrase about music for hardcore music lovers.

47. He who listens to music feels that his loneliness, suddenly, is filled

Robert Browning , on the healing effect of melodies.

48. Military justice is to justice what military music is to music

Groucho Marx leaves us an interesting reflection.

49. Music is an echo of the invisible world

Giuseppe Mazzini is the author of this intriguing phrase about musical art.

50. Music is the heart of life. Love speaks through it; without it there is no good possible and with it everything is beautiful

The Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Liszt attaches central importance to music.

51. Critics See Music and Hear Painting

Valeriu Butulescu , a music lover who understood the complexity of art.

52. Some people have life, others have music

A phrase by John Green about the intensity with which one can experience music.

53. We should consider a day lost when we have not danced

Another of Nietzsche’s phrases about music in which his vitalism is expressed.

54. My ambition was to live like music

A statement by essayist and writer Mary Gaitskill.

55. Much music consists of mathematics; it consists of balance

A reflection by screenwriter and film director Mel Brooks.

56. If I can’t dance in it, it’s not my revolution

One of the most remembered phrases of Emma Goldman, a reference to anarchism and feminism.

57. Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny

Frank Zappa offers this humorous note about the most chaotic musical genre .

58. Musicians do not retire; they stop playing when there is no more music in them

An inspiring quote from Louis Armstrong

59. Love is friendship played as a piece of music

This reflection on love is by Joseph Campbell.

60. Mathematics is the music of reason

Comparisons between mathematics and music have been constant throughout history. This sentence by James Joseph Sylvester is an example of this.

61. Richard Wagner, a musician who composed music that was better than it sounded

In this way this composer saw his own work; as something that goes beyond the musical.

63. Music has charms to soothe the wild breast, soften the rocks, and bend an oak tree

William Congreve emphasizes the friendly nature of music .

63. I don’t make music for the eyes but for the ears

A phrase from the singer Adele in which she claims the raison d’être of music.

64. Music is like a strong discharge of tension

James Taylor defines music by its psychological effects

65. Music is like an oasis in my head

River Phoenix talks about the calm that comes from the process of creating music.

66. As long as my music is real there is no limit to how many ears I can hold on to

Kendrik Lamar talks about the power of authentic music in reaching people.

67. Music is powerful; as people listen to it, they are affected by it

Another phrase about music that highlights the way it influences us. In this case, the author is Ray Charles.

68. Everyone should pursue what is authentic in oneself; that is the way to have a long life in music

A recommendation by Bjorn Ulvaenus for people who want to make a career in this field .

69. Music is the power of the prophets and a gift from God

A curious phrase by Martin Luther.

70. Music is a way of dreaming together and going to another dimension

A reflection by Cecilia Bartoli on how we experience music.

71. The best music is made of love, not money

Greg Lake talks about what motivates the creation of good music.

72. I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought

Annie Lennox establishes a link between the musical and the cognitive.

73. I just want to feel as much as I can, that’s all the soul is about

Phrase of the great singer Janis Joplin.

74. All the things we throw into the sea are always returned by the tide. The more you try to forget it, the more strongly you remember it

Phrase of Fito & Fitipaldis.

75. Music is the true universal language

A reflection by Carl von Weber, the German composer.

76. Music is a wide thing, without limits, without borders, without flags

León Gieco, the Argentinean musician and composer, spoke about music in this way.

77. Music Begins Where Language Ends

ETA Hoffmann, in a thought that went around the world.

78. It is extraordinary how powerful bad music is

When something sounds bad, our ears complain. Noel Coward’s reflection.

79. Hell is full of amateur musicians

On the line of the previous one.

80. It is perhaps in music that the soul comes closest to the great end for which it struggles when it is inspired by poetic feeling: the creation of supernatural beauty

Phrase of the writer Edgar Allan Poe.