Quotes to Live By

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Quotes to Live By *

Music can change the world because it can change people.

— Bono

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late someday.

— Franz Liszt

Melody is the essence of music.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.

— Johannes Brahms

Don’t cry for me, for I go where music is born.

— The last words of Johann Sebastian Bach

The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.

— Johann Sebastian Bach

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is to hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

— Johann Sebastian Bach

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

— Franz Joseph Haydn