Quotes and Verses on Music
"Sing to The Lord a new song;
Sing to The Lord, all the earth."
- Psalm 96:1
"Praise The Lord with melodies on the lyre;
make music for Him on the ten-stringed harp.
Sing a new song of praise to Him; play skillfully
on the harp, and sing with joy."
- Psalm 33:2-3, NLT
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"The earth has music for
those who listen."
- William Shakespeare
"Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life."
- Berthold Auerbach
"A painter paints pictures on canvas.
But musicians paint their pictures on silence."
- Leopold Stokowski
"If the King loves music,
it is well with the land."
- Mencius
"Why waste money on psychotherapy when
you can listen to the B Minor Mass?"
- Michael Torke
"Music was my refuge.
I could crawl into the space between the
notes and curl my back to loneliness."
- Maya Angelou (Gather Together in My Name)
"There is nothing in the world so
much like prayer as music is."
- William P. Merrill
"Music is what feelings sound like."
- Author Unknown
"Music is the art which is most nigh
to tears and memory."
- Oscar Wilde
"Music is the universal
language of mankind."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
dedicated to J.B.
