Song Quotes by Henry Miller

“I will sing while you croak.”

— Henry Miller

Music is the can-opener of the soul.

— Henry Miller

The piano bar is the gateway to the halls of masturbation.

— Henry Miller

We should not stop to reflect, compare, analyze, possess, but flow on and through, endlessly, like music.

— Henry Miller

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

— Henry Miller

The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

— Henry Miller

“I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps, but I will sing.”

— Henry Miller

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with…

— Henry Miller

There is the happiness which comes from creative effort. The joy of dreaming, creating, building, whether in painting a picture, writing an…

— Henry Miller

To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It…

— Henry Miller

“It's as though there were two melodies going on simultaneously: one for private exploitation and the other for the public ear. The…

— Henry Miller

Side by side with the human race there runs another race of beings, the inhuman ones, the race of artists who, goaded…

— Henry Miller

What are our conductors giving us year after year? Only fresh corpses. Over these beautifully embalmed sonatas, toccatas, symphonies and operas the…

— Henry Miller

No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao…

— Henry Miller

“I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps but I will sing. I will sing while you croak,…

— Henry Miller