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Song Quotes by Yehudi Menuhin

10 Song quotes by Yehudi Menuhin

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You’ll find a handful of Yehudi Menuhin’s musings on song, each a brief yet resonant note that hints at his deep connection to music. Though the collection is modest, it captures the essence of his reflections, making it a pleasant starting point for anyone curious about his view on this art form.

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Music creates order out of chaos.

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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.

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Music is a therapy.It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.

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Music lives and breathes to tell us who we are and what we face. It is a path between ourselves and the…

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“Music creates order out of chaos; for rythem imposes unianimity upon the divergent, melody imposes contuniuty upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes…

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Mozart resolved his emotions on a level that transformed them into moods uncontaminated by mortal anguish, enabling him to express the angelic…

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I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man…

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Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes…

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It is music that welds spiritual and sensual, that can convey ecstasy free of guilt, faith without dogma, love as homage, and…

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If I wanted to play the violin, I had to work. Because anything that one wants to do really, and one loves…

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Improvisation is the expression of the accumulated yearnings, dreams, and wisdom of the soul.

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A way of life which excludes the realm of the unknown and the mysterious is simply not in harmony with life itself.

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It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.

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It is a technique ideally suited to prevent physical and mental illness and to protect the body generally, developing an inevitable sense of self-reliance…

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Improvisation is not the expression of accident but rather of the accumulated yearnings, dreams and wisdom of our very soul.

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Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?

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I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but…

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The ultimate aim in life should be to fulfill to the utmost all that within our ability and to share that which is good…

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A society without its dreamers can never be free.

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