“Except for music, everything is a lie, even solitude, even ecstasy. Music, in fact, is the one and the other, only better.”

— Emil M. Cioran

Anathemas and Admirations (1987)

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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995

Alireza Kohany (1993) Musician, Actor, Entrepreneur

Source: https://www.facebook.com/alirezakohany.music

“Even discourse which does not acknowledge "musical coherence" as "intellectual communication" does not in fact succeed in treating it as anything else; it is only by locating their concerns in domains where the "musical" aspects of music are peripherally or not at all involved that musical discourses can circumvent the fact that when the "object of thought" consists of the contents of a musical composition just the recognition of the identities of any of these contents (or even of the undivided single identity of them taken all together as a "unit") involves (to varying degrees) the same considerations that are involved in a discourse that explicitly--and hence with a better chance of cognitive particularity--regards such a composition as an instance of communicative thought.”

Benjamin Boretz (1934) American composer

from Meta-Variations: studies in the foundations of musical thought Red Hook, N.Y. : Open Space, 1995.

“Inaudible music may seem an odd notion, even a foolishly Romantic one—although it is partly the Romantic prejudice in favor of sensuous experience that makes it seem odd. Still, there are details of music which cannot be heard but only imagined, and even certain aspects of musical form which cannot be realized in sound even by the imagination.”

Charles Rosen (1927–2012) American pianist and writer on music

Source: The Romantic Generation (1995), Ch. 1 : Music and Sound

“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”

Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter

Variant: Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

“If my music can change someone's mood for the better even a little bit, that's amazing.”

Yanni (1954) Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer

Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin

“One can acquire everything in solitude — except character.”

Stendhal (1783–1842) French writer

On peut tout acquérir dans la solitude, hormis du caractère.
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De L'Amour (On Love) (1822)

“Music is everything that one listens to with the intention of listening to music.”

Luciano Berio (1925–2003) Italian composer

Two Interviews (1985), ISBN 0714528293

“Even if the world ends, the Music will still survive…. Music has no caste.”

Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) Indian musician

Quoted in [Ekbal, Nikhat, Great Muslims of undivided India, http://books.google.com/books?id=JsDNDeHkb8AC&pg=PA45, 2009, Gyan Publishing House, 978-81-7835-756-0, 45–]
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“The best music always results from ecstasies of logic.”

Alban Berg (1885–1935) Austrian composer

Quoted by Donal Henahan in the New York Times Magazine, May 11, 1975.

“The actual quality of game music is very dissapointing today. The demo scene has way better and more interesting music. The simply fact is that demo scene music can usually stand on it's own and game music can't.”

Jesper Kyd (1972) musician

Amiga Music Preservation interview, 2006

“Except for music, everything is a lie, even solitude, even ecstasy. Music, in fact, is the one and the other, only better.”

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