“What kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?”
Megan Whalen Turner (1965) American children's writer
“What kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?”
Megan Whalen Turner (1965) American children's writer
“Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.”
Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician
“Music is a kind of harmonious language.”
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) Italian composer
Zanolini, Biografia di Gioachino Rossini (1875)
“Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692), st. 4.
Context: Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,
And wings it with sublime desires,
And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
“When a cat flatters… he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.”
Walter Savage Landor Imaginary Conversations
Source: Imaginary Conversations
“Lyric poetry is a kind of poetry that's literally musical.”
Jan Zwicky (1955) Canadian philosopher
The Details interview with Jay Ruzesky (Winter 2008)
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La musica è una sostanza sublime ad elevate reazioni emozionali da testare accuratamente nel laboratorio del nostro cuore.
Source: prevale.net
Virgil Miller Newton (1938) American priest
Miller Newton (1983). The Teenage Drug Epidemic, El Paso Physician, vol 6, pp. 5-6.
On Teenage Drug Use
Chuck Klosterman book Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto