Book Quote by Orhan Pamuk

Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in…

— Mose Allison

As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak…

— Eric Whitacre

When I made my way across childhood to the tinny AM radio, it was dark. Lights out. I listened intently. More intently than I…

— Jane Siberry

The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the…

— Andrew Bird

Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.

— Nina Simone

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the…

— Eric Clapton

I am a musician. I didn't know I would be so when I was young. I do know that I have always heard music…

— Jane Siberry

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.

— William Christopher Handy

Music was a way for me to almost speak things into existence before they even happened and to build confidence.

— Darren Waller

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear…

— Eric Clapton

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

— Jeanette Winterson

Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues its course…

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky