Musicologist Music Quotes & Sayings

According to the science writer Philip Ball, when it was pointed out to musicologist Deryck Cooke
that Slavic and much Spanish music use minor keys for happy music, he claimed that their lives
were so hard that they didn't really know what happiness was anyway. — David Byrne

Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him. — Albert Schweitzer

Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money. — James Rosenquist

Make a difference no matter what role you play — Lindsey Stirling

A shimmering of heat
Outside the grave
Alone I dwell. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead. — Billy Joel

Women are women, and hurray for that. — John Galliano

You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral. — Marina Abramovic

We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support. — George Washington

With a little more tweaking, we could make orange juice in the orange without any packaging or processing. — Homaro Cantu

I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard. — Bob Odenkirk

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. — Thomas Beecham

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

You are not expected to know, but you are expected to wish to know. — Tom Brokaw

I am a musicologist, a doctor of music. Therefore I listened to, studied and analysed a lot of music. I also enjoy metaphors, the art of quoting and of cycles. — James Horner