Family Quote by Thomas Pynchon

“He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that…

— E.M. Forster

“I, who even as a child had been so distrustful of music (not because it took me out of myself more powerfully than anything…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“The music--the making of music and the performing of music--produced memories, many good, some bad, some difficult. But he knew for sure that he'd…

— Graham Joyce

“Music was a college attendee's survival essential; he'd need that to keep himself sane.”

— Kirsty Moseley

“This has been my vocation to make music of what remains.”

— Itzhak Perlman

“There was something about words and music together that allowed people to get nearest to honest truth about what was most difficult to say.…

— Gregory Maguire

“Music really did mean something to him, he realized, and it always had. It called to him, although there were no words to describe…

— Tad Williams

“There is still a future with music, because people still want music.”

— MaynardvJames Keenan

It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me…

— Carlisle Floyd

“Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“He will love this music to death. In a few more years, he’ll snort at its sentiment and mock its stirring progressions. Once you’ve…

— Richard Powers

“For at least a century, the music has been captive to a cult of mediocre elitism that tries to manufacture self-esteem by clutching at…

— Alex Ross