“Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words”

“Her every tone is music's own,
Like those of morning birds,
And something more than melody
Dwells ever in her words.”

Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828) American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor

“A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.”

John Millington Synge (1871–1909) Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore

“Tone of voice is more crucial than words.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

“It has been well remarked of the poems of Hafiz, that their refreshing influence does not depend so much on the sense of the words as on the tone of mind produced in the reader.”

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849) Austrian psychiatrist, poet and philosopher

“At certain moments, words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered.”

Paul Bourget (1852–1935) French writer

“Evaluate one’s tone, demeanor and words and you shall know their character.”

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

“It's not the words but the music that counts.”

Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care

“Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.”

Ashleigh Brilliant (1933) American author and cartoonist

“Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave”

Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist