Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten…

“What's all this about sin, eh?' 'That,' I said, very sick. 'Using Ludwig van like that. He did no harm to anyone. Beethoven just…

— Anthony Burgess

The longing for initiation is universal and for modern youth, it is a desperate need. When nothing is offered in the way of spiritual…

— Jack Kornfield

Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes of modern…

— Hesketh Pearson

I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.

— Georgette Heyer

The ethical life... is maintained in being by a common culture, which also upholds the togetherness of society... Unlike the modern youth culture, a…

— Roger Scruton

Since I'm only 24 years old, guess I have as good an insight into this rising generation as any other young man my age.…

— James Dean

For awhile the only thing people were talking to me about my music, that's all they ever said: 'You must be a nature lover.…

— Phil Elverum

“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”

— J.K. Rowling

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

— Billy Joel

“On thing he discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held more for him than just pleasure. There was meat to…

— Charles Frazier

“Nothing more then nothing can be said. We make our lives by what we love. Being American, having been trained to be sentimental, I…

— John Cage

“Poetry is like a song without music,” I said loftily. “A song without music is like a body without a soul.”

— Patrick Rothfuss- The Name of the Wind

“...the vivid past would not go away. Like music, said Peg. Even when it was over, it kept living inside you.”

— Rachel Joyce

“He exuded ambiguities she decided, that was his fascination. His mouth spoke; his eyes said something other: his smile belied everything… He played with…

— Patricia A. McKillip

Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.'

— David Sheff