Cannot Quote by Mstislav Rostropovich

One reason we've been able to do what we do is that we never put our music into any kind of historical perspective.

— Ron Mael

Music does not exist in isolation, it is rooted in the political, the social, the cultural. We need to remember this at all times,…

— Lawrence English

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

I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.

— Dave Grohl

Music has the strongest ability to bring back the past because of the memories we attach to certain songs.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I think people have forgotten how powerful music has been in history - and what it has been able to do.

— Naughty Boy

To the large extent that music can organize our perceptions of our own bodies and emotions, it can tell us things about history that…

— Susan McClary

Music is the way our memories sing to us across time.

— Lance Morrow

Music is part of our culture.

— Mohit Chauhan

Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us.

— Simon Van Booy

We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.

— Zubin Mehta

The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.

— Frank Fairfield