“Most musical of mourners, weep again!”
St. IV
Adonais (1821)
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Jello Biafra (1958) singer and activist
Introducing the song "New Feudalism" with The No WTO Combo on (30 November 1999)
Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909) American minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 50.
“The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.”
Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada
blogs.legacyrecordings.com (February 5, 2008)
2007, 2008
“Most people still steal music.”
Steve Ballmer (1956) American businessman who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft
[Andy, and Michael Parsons, McCue, http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5397733.html, Ballmer talks tech, Application Development, ZDNet News, 5 October 2004, 2007-04-20]
2000s
“Unfortunately most films are flooded with music”
Vangelis (1943) Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music
2012
Context: On film music: "There are cases in which a film can stand on its own without music, but if music is used, it's better for it to touch the soul and create emotions that the rest of the film cannot do. Music should continue emotions where words finish. Unfortunately most films are flooded with music, due to mediocre scripts and to producers' and directors' lack of talent".
“Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly,
Most musical, most melancholy!”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
Source: Il Penseroso (1631), Line 61
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist
“The Taste of the Age”, p. 12
A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables (1962)