Steve Turner: Quotes about music

Steve Turner is British writer. Explore interesting quotes on music.

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“The band played marching from deck to deck, and as the ship went under I could still hear the music.”

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 11

“Wallace Hartley: “I’ve always felt that, when men are called to face death suddenly, music is are more effective in cheering them on than all the firearms in creation.””

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 194

“The notes of this music were the last thing I heard before I went off the poop and felt myself going headlong into the icy water with the engines and machinery buzzing in my ears.”

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), pp. 151-152

“I could hear the band playing a cheery sort of music. I don’t like jazz music as a rule, but I was glad to hear it that night. I think it helped us all.”

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 143

“[Bandleader Hartley] apparently believed that music could be more powerful that physical force in bringing order to chaos.”

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 141

“When everything on the ship was being turned upside down, the music remained the same. In the midst of mind-jarring abnormality, it was the one thing that retained its familiarity.”

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 194