There is no shortage of beautiful quotes about music. But as it turns out, there are a whole lot of funny ones, too!
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. Voltaire
Life is too short to listen to bad music. Unknown
My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like bricklaying. Mick Jagger
Some people have lives; some people have music. John Green
He who sings scares away his woes. Cervantes
If you can’t handle me randomly blurting out song lyrics that relate to what you just said, we can’t be friends. Unknown
Music makes one feel so romantic – at least it always gets on one’s nerves – which is the same thing nowadays. Oscar Wilde
I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch. George Burns
My music is best understood by children and animals. Igor Stravinsky
All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song. Louis Armstrong
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Friedrich Nietzsche
My taste in music ranges from ‘you need to listen to this now’ to ‘i know, please don’t judge me’.
Do I listen to pop music because I’m miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? John Cusack
I hate it when I’m singing a song and the artist gets the words wrong. Unknown
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t. Tom Waits
All the shopping malls and restaurants and airports are riddled with low-fidelity loudspeakers, which apparently have developed the ability to reproduce by themselves; these are all connected to a special programming service called Music That Nobody Really Likes, and you cannot get away from it. Dave Barry
Without music life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche
Hell is full of musical amateurs. George Bernard Shaw
You might be a musician if… you’re more worried about hurting your finger than breaking your leg. Unknown
There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer. Paul McCartney
The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats… Albert Schweitzer
So much music… so little time. Unknown
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. Jean Paul
My neighbors listen to good music whether they like it or not. Unknown
I’m finally old enough to say I despise today’s music. Unknown
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. Bill Cosby
After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life. Jeff Beck
Strong lager and some early Zep tunes. I ask thee, is there a better way to spend an evening? Unknown
Music to me is like breathing – I don’t get tired of breathing, I don’t get tired of music. Ray Charles
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. Frank Zappa
Wagner’s music is better than it sounds. Mark Twain
I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland. Woody Allen
Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer. John Ruskin
It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. Johann Sebastian Bach
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right. Duke Ellington
Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass? Michael Torke
Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music. Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
My Brain: 5% names, 3% phone numbers, 2% stuff I should know for school, 90% song lyrics. Unknown
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. Edith Sitwell
The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it. Nat King Cole
Only sick music makes money today. Friedrich Nietzsche
The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial. Leonard Bernstein
I never practice my guitar… from time to time I just open the case and throw in a piece of raw meat. Wes Montgomery
Next to music, beer was best. Carson McCullers
Modern music is as dangerous as cocaine. Pietro Mascagni
If in the after life there is not music, we will have to import it. Doménico Cieri Estrada
When I was a little boy, I told my dad, ‘When I grow up, I want to be a musician.’ My dad said: ‘You can’t do both, Son’. Chet Atkins
Play it fuckin’ loud! Bob Dylan
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. Steve Martin
Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there’s no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door. Jerry Seinfeld
Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel. Buffy Sainte-Marie
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. Frank Zappa
I smash guitars because I like them. Pete Townshend
If the music is too loud – you’re too old! Unknown
Friends don’t let friends clap on one & three. Unknown
A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. Benny Green
Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny. Frank Zappa
I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’ Bob Newhart
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn’t give a damn what goes on in between. Thomas Beecham
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. Robert Benchley
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. Igor Stravinsky
Shut up. My favorite song is playing. Unknown
