“What kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?”
“Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.”
“Music is a kind of harmonious language.”
Zanolini, Biografia di Gioachino Rossini (1875)
“Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high”
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692), st. 4.
Context: Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,
And wings it with sublime desires,
And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 9.
“When a cat flatters… he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.”
Source: Imaginary Conversations
“Lyric poetry is a kind of poetry that's literally musical.”
The Details interview with Jay Ruzesky (Winter 2008)
Original: La musica è una sostanza sublime ad elevate reazioni emozionali da testare accuratamente nel laboratorio del nostro cuore.
Source: prevale.net
Miller Newton (1983). The Teenage Drug Epidemic, El Paso Physician, vol 6, pp. 5-6.
On Teenage Drug Use
Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
