Age Quote by Edward Abbey

Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How vulgar, this hankering after immortality, how vain, how false. Composers are merely scribblers of cave paintings. One writes music because winter is eternal…

— David Mitchell

Songs are more powerful than books.

— Elvis Costello

Music's designed to be timeless.

— Chamillionaire

All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three…

— Peter Warlock

“Music requires a particular type of education which is simply not given to most people. And, as a result, it’s set further apart. It…

— Edward W. Said

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

— Daryl Hall

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

— Herbie Hancock

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art…

— George Crumb

No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like…

— Wynton Marsalis

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance…

— Peter Warlock

Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence…

— Dan Brown