Quotes about Music
In The Sound of Music, when Captain Von Trapp and Maria reveal their love for each other, what does Maria say? "Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could." We don't normally think of philosophical principles as romantic, but Maria was here expressing a fundamental principle of classical metaphysics.
— William Lane Craig
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
— Martin Luther
God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.
— Karl Barth
You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in.
— Jay-Z
Music and art and poetry attune the soul to God.
— Thomas Merton
And in their motions harmony divine so smoothes her charming tones, that God's own ear listens delighted.
— John Milton
Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.
— Martin Luther
I still sing. I still lead worship. I mean, it's - who I am, it's what God has given me to do.
— Darlene Zschech
The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God.
— Martin Luther
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.
— Karl Barth
Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.
— Confucius