Martin Luther And Music Quotes & Sayings

Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter, be without the little skill which I possess in the art. — Martin Luther

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. — Martin Luther

The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God. — Martin Luther

[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms ... so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music. — Martin Luther

I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor. — Martin Luther

Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools. — Martin Luther

Those with prodigious skill in music are better suited for all things. — Martin Luther

Music is the best consolation for a despaired man — Martin Luther King Jr.

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable. — Martin Luther

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. — Martin Luther

I am not of the opinion that all the arts shall be crushed to earth and perish through the Gospel, as some bigoted persons pretend, but would willingly see them all, and especially music, servants of Him who gave and created them. — Martin Luther

Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Music is the 5th gospel. — Martin Luther

Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws. — Martin Luther

Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God. — Martin Luther

Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide. — Shawn Amos

Ray Charles' revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was. — Diane Watson

The devil won't stay where there is music. — Martin Luther

Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity? — Martin Luther King Jr.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God. — Martin Luther

Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor. — Martin Luther

If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music ... Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly. — Jay-Z

Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music. — Martin Luther King Jr.

The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God ... Music is a gift and grace of God, not an invention of men. Thus it drives out the devil and makes people cheerful. Then one forgets all wrath, impurity, and other devices. — Martin Luther

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. — Martin Luther

If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well. If you can't be a pine at the top of the hill, be a shrub in the valley. Be be the best little shrub on the side of the hill. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us. — Martin Luther

Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song. — Martin Luther

Music is to be praised as second only to the Word of God because by her all the emotions are swayed. That is why there are so many songs and psalms. This precious gift has been bestowed on men alone to remind them that they are created to praise and magnify the Lord. — Martin Luther

Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music. — Martin Luther

A person who ... does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.
[Foreward to Georg Rhau's (1488-1548) Collection Symphoniae iucundae, 1538] — Martin Luther

Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music. — Martin Luther

Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music. — Martin Luther

The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away. — Martin Luther

The devil does not stay where music is. — Martin Luther

I have always loved music; whoso has skill in this art, is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools; a schoolmaster ought to have skill in music, or I would not regard him; neither should we ordain young men as preachers, unless they have been well exercised in music — Martin Luther