Chord Quotes

157 quotes by 144 authors

Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity. — Annie Besant
The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike… — Kobe Bryant
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we… — Albert Camus
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of… — Kate Chopin
There's a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the… — Tori Amos
Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
This pride of race is a quality which the German, fundamentally, does not possess. The reason for this is that for these last three centuries… — Adolf Hitler
The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from politics when people are pursuing… — William Greider
Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put my finger in… — Philip Pullman
A chord, stronger or weaker, is snapped asunder in every parting, and time's busy fingers are not practiced in re-splicing broken ties. Meet again you… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us. — John P. Kotter
The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its course. You do not play… — Alan Watts
Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song. — Gary Talley
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say and I said… — Lou Reed
I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many… — Neil Sedaka
Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or… — Betty White
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely… — Jimmy Webb
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt… — Conor Oberst

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