“Music is like a life without fatigue”

“Trying to command life without studying one's own mind is like trying to play the piano without studying music.”

Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer

“A heart without music is like beauty without melancholy.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.”

Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786) king of Prussia

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Twilight of the Idols

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

Axel Munthe (1857–1949) Swedish physician

“Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music, I get most joy in life out of music.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Without music, life would be a blank to me.”

Jane Austen book Emma

“Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.”

Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019) Novelist, short story writer, teacher

“Without music and dance, life is a journey through a desert.”

Pat Conroy (1945–2016) American novelist