Lesser artists borrow great artists steal. -- Igor Stravinsky
A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one. -- Dmitri Shostakovich
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. -- Leopold Stokowski
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -- Aldous Huxley
Anything you do let it come from you. Then it will be new. Give us more to see. -- Sunday in the Park with George
At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds. -- John McLaughlin
Courage cannot erase our fear courage is when we face our fear. -- Newsies
Courage is your claim to fame when hero is your middle name. -- SpongeBob SquarePants
Day after day we find the will to find our way/ Knowing that the darkest skies will someday see the sun. -- Next to Normal
Don't stress. Relax. Let life roll off your back. Except for death and maybe taxes everything in life is only for now. -- Avenue Q
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. -- Les Miserables
How is it that music can without words evoke our laughter our fears our highest aspirations? -- Jane Swan
I am inimitable I am an original. -- Hamilton
I am the one the one thing in life I can control. -- Hamilton
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from everyone loves music. -- Billy Joel
I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. -- David Bowie
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well. -- J.S. Bach
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music then in that respect you can call me that . . . I believe in what I do and I'll say it. -- John Lennon
If music be the food of love play on. -- William Shakespeare
If you play music with passion and love and honesty then it will nourish your soul heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward. -- Sting
It isn't where I am it's only where I go from here. -- Amelie
It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do. -- Marcus Miller
It's almost charity work what people have done turning other people on to my music. -- John Mayer
I've got to be where my spirit can run free got to find my corner of the sky. -- Pippin
Life is what happens when you're making other plans. -- John Lennon
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind. -- Mick Jagger
Music brings a warm glow to my vision thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. -- Haruki Murakami
Music can change the world because it can change people. -- Bono (U2)
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. -- Leonard Bernstein
Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak what color we are the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith music proves we are the same. -- John Denver
Music drives you. It wakes you up it gets you pumping. And at the end of the day the correct tune will chill you down. -- Dimebag Darrell
Music gives a soul to the universe wings to the mind flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato
A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence so that's very important for good health. -- Dalai Lama