Already taken Quote by Constant Lambert

The music provokes a sharp longing the music soothes.

— David Mitchell

Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the Past

— W. S. Gilbert

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

— Vincent Van Gogh

With all the strife in the world, we must never forget that there is always a new melody, a new tune, a fresh star.

— Rita Marley

We musicians, like everyone else, are numb with sorrow at this murder, and with rage at the senselessness of the crime. But this sorrow…

— Leonard Bernstein

For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic.

— Lauv

“In our confusion, we're accustomed to according the titles of good news and "a positive message" to the most soul-sucking, sentimental fare imaginable. Any…

— David Dark

“Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of disgust; and music, even in situations…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“The aficionado prefers a crazy bomb to a mediocrity, because the musical as a form has such potential as entertainment that the merely adequate…

— Ethan Mordden

“The quick, sudden terror of exploding bombs is not the same as the never-ending, bone-sapping fear of discovery and capture. It never goes away.…

— Elizabeth Wein

Considering the great heritage in music that we have - the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of…

— John Coltrane

In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

— Milan Kundera