Able Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to…

— Sai Baba

Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds.

— Ilaiyaraaja

Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.

— George Bernard Shaw

Music [is] a science peculiarly productive of a pleasure that no state of life, publick or private, secular or sacred; no difference of age…

— Samuel Pepys

“Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts, minds and…

— Martin Luther

Aside from purely technical analysis, nothing can be said about music, except when it is bad; when it is good, one can only listen…

— W. H. Auden

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

— Anonymous

“With respect to excellence of style and composition, it may perhaps be said that to practised ears the most pleasing music is such as…

— Charles Burney

“I would not want to live in a universe where good could not ultimately triumph over evil. Or where there was no music. I…

— Allan Hamilton

A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called…

— Martin Luther

Just as the unmusical ear is not competent to judge music, so it is likewise with pictures, whether they are paintings, drawings or photos.…

— Josef Albers

No verse which is unmusical or obscure can be regarded as poetry whatever other qualities it may possess.

— Alfred Austin