Music Quote by Solomon Volkov

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

— Gustav Mahler

“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that…

— Louisa May Alcott

If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

— Ned Rorem

“Music always reminded him of the voice of God, for it needed no translation and could reach and renew the soul like very few…

— Trans-Siberian Orchestra

“MUSIC expressed what cannot be said and on which it is IMPOSSEBLE TO BE SILENT.”

— Victor Hugo

“She seemed to have apprehended all of the composer's coldness and none of his poetry.”

— Kate Chopin

“I had to say to myself, 'Don't write the music. Let the music write itself.”

— Michael Jackson

“Until the song is sung and the musicians have all gone home, not even you can tell which notes made the melody.”

— Karen Miller

“It was like he translated his thoughts into music so they could make sense.”

— Dot Hutchison

“He would talk about how important all music was. How it took us--not just the people who played it but the people who heard…

— Jon Skovron

“It was not a musical voice, and yet it affected him like music.”

— Ann Patchett