Music Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

A poet is a musician who can't sing.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

You,” I said, “are sweet music in a distant room.

— Patrick Rothfuss

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Poetry is a song without music. A song without music is like a body without a soul.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Asking to hold a musician’s instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man’s wife.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“If you want to know of love, look to a trouper’s hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows. I”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Music explains itself...It is the road and it is the map that shows the road. It is both together.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“A poet is a musician that can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“But instead, she simply walked through the walls. She didn’t know any better. Nobody had ever told her she couldn’t. Because of…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Words have to find a man’s mind before they can touch his heart, and some men’s minds are woeful small targets. Music…

— Patrick Rothfuss

85% of modern music doesn't have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“I...flipped open the lid, thinking my lute might enjoy the feel of a little sun on its strings. If you aren't a…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Asking to hold a musician's instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man's wife. Nonmusicians don't understand. An instrument is…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Remember this, son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Her playing was slow, almost stately. Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician. It’s understandable. What Marie…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Then I felt something inside me break and music began to pour out into the quiet. My fingers danced; intricate and quick…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It is easier to understand if you think of it in terms of music. Sometimes a man enjoys a symphony. Elsetimes he…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Think of music as being a great snarl of a city [...]. In the years I spent living there, I came to…

— Patrick Rothfuss