1037 – “That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.”

-Dave Grohl

949 – “I can explain everything better through music. You hypnotize people to where they go right back to their natural state which is pure positive, like in childhood when you got natural highs. And when you get people at their weakest point, you can preach into the subconscious what we want to say.”

-Jimi Hendrix

820 – “The Earth has its music for those who will listen”

–Reginald Vincent Holmes

Happy Earth Day! Go Do Something for the Planet!

638 – “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”

–Ludwig van Beethoven [Attributed, likely apocryphal; See Source Notes for more info]

513 – “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

–anonymous

182 – “It’s the rest in a piece of music that gives it resonance and shape.”

–Pico Iyer

117 – “Please don’t make the mistake of thinking the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid, and damaging idea. You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art, to write beautiful things.”

– Tim Minchin

91 – “What if your blessing come through raindrops? What if your healing comes through tears? What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know you’re near?”

– Laura Story