Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.

“The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness through movement;…

— Gerard de Marigny

I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

— Bela Bartok

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

— Anonymous

When you write music that expresses doubt or concern, or talks about some of the darker things that a developing human goes through, people…

— Tyler Joseph

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

— Victor Hugo

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

— Anonymous

Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and…

— Sarah Churchwell

I like music that expresses what I think.

— Ludovico Einaudi

Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.

— Edward Abbey

Music expresses what cant be said, and what is impossible to keep silent.

— Xuan Ta

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

— Victor Hugo

As to...old composers like Schubert or Beethoven, I imagine that, while modern music expresses both feeling, thought and imagination, they expressed pure feeling. And…

— Anonymous

“Because music expresses all the things people can’t say, but are impossible to keep quiet.”

— Vi Keeland

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

— Marsha Norman

Music expresses the emotions that are hardest to show, the words are the words you wish you could say, music is the life inside…

— Sarah Moores