~MUSIC~

"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead." ~Igor Stravinsky

"There is something very wonderful in music. Words are wonderful enough; but music is even more wonderful. It speaks not to our thoughts as words do; it speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls. Music soothes us, stirs us up; it puts noble feelings in us; it melts us to tears; we know not how; it is a language by itself, just as perfect, in its own way, as speech, as words; just as divine, just as blessed." ~Charles Kingsley

"Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the Infinite." ~Thomas Carlyle

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's not a boundary line to art." ~Charlie Parker

"I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle' and the other one isn't." ~Ulysses S. Grant