Materials Quote by Sun Ra

The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.

— John Cage

It is agreed that all sound which is the material of music is of three sorts. First is harmonica, which consists of vocal music;…

— Isidore of Seville

I think we give too much importance to artists talking about the art and the film and the books and the plays and the…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

“For in music there is no material to be deducted.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see…

— Judy Collins

I think it is time we learned the lesson of our century: that the progress of the human spirit must keep pace with technological…

— Leonard Bernstein

My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there's no…

— John Coltrane

I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves listening. It…

— Matisyahu

If you play divine music, spiritual music, then you are bound to give and get satisfaction.

— Sri Chinmoy

Making music is so spiritual. I'm not a spiritual person, but music is sacred to me.

— Kevin Parker

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of…

— John Coltrane

Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!

— Lauryn Hill