“Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift of the Airy Kingdom, music is air, a universal existence … common to all the living. Music is existence, the key to the universal language. Because it is the universal language.”

“Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow book Outre-Mer

“On music: "Scientifically, believe it or not, music drives everything, because music equals universe and universe equals music."”

Vangelis (1943) Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music

“For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.”

Jodi Picoult book Sing You Home

“Music is a kind of harmonious language.”

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) Italian composer

“Music is the great cheer-up in the language of all countries.”

Clifford Odets (1906–1963) Playwright, screenwriter, director, actor

“The Universe is making music all the time.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Good music is very close to primitive language.”

Denis Diderot (1713–1784) French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist

“I know nothing of music; I would not give a farthing for all the music in the universe.”

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet