The Well-Tempered Ear
Classical music: What is your favorite saying about music? Choose from a website with thousands | July 1, 2017
By Jacob Stockinger
Do you have a favorite saying or quotation about music?
The Ear does.
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
That observation comes from the 19th-century German philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche (below).
And there are many, many more with sources ranging from Socrates and Plato to Duke Ellington and J.K. Rowling.
If you don’t already have one in mind, here is a link to a website with hundreds or even thousands to choose from.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/music
Take a look.
Make a pick. Or two. Or three.
And leave your choice, along with why you like it, in the COMMENT section.
The Ear wants to hear.
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The Well-Tempered Ear 
Mine has always been, “Viva la Musica!”
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Comment by David J. Susan — July 1, 2017 @ 12:48 pm
Il y a deux moyens d’oublier les tracas de la vie: la musique et les chats.
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Comment by gingerama — July 1, 2017 @ 11:35 am
I don’t know if this is a quote or not, but it’s certainly my personal creed: “Music is life itself.”
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Comment by bratschespeilerin — July 1, 2017 @ 10:44 am
“I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.”
Virgil Thompson
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Comment by Steve Kurr — July 1, 2017 @ 10:21 am
I hadn’t heard it before, but Vonnegut’s expresses it best for me — I pray in music.
“THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC.”
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Comment by slfiore — July 1, 2017 @ 8:49 am
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” From Victor Hugo.
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Comment by The Wayward Critic — July 1, 2017 @ 7:48 am
“Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.”
Robert Browning
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Comment by Ann Boyer — July 1, 2017 @ 7:05 am
As a teacher of music I always liked: What a quiet place the forest would be if the only bird that dared to sing was the one who sang best”
Henry van Dyke
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Comment by John Beutel — July 1, 2017 @ 6:13 am