Music rises from the human heart. When the emotions are touched, they are expressed in sounds, and when the sounds take definite forms, we have music. ConfuciusMusic is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite. Thomas CarlyleMusic has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it. AristotleMelody is the golden thread running through the maze of tones by which the ear is guided and the heart reached. AnonymousBlues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed. Alberta HunterMusic is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Robert FrippMusic - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. Ludwig van BeethovenMusic is man’s form of ultimate communication both throughly entrancing and powerful, as natural as a heartbeat it inspires us to growth through our appreciation. Through Music we can inspire our imagination and take journeys to other cultures while experiencing every emotion imaginable to man. Nothing, not poetry or prose, art or movies, can truly touch our emotions more. Music is an expression of the many aspects of humanity itself.I can appreciate and do love almost all kinds of music, and numerous various artists. And I realize that even if it’s not something that I personally like, that to somebody else it could be their favorite and don’t discount it.
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. ~Henry David Thoreau Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. ~James Russell Lowell 'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~Benjamin Franklin
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~Maya Angelou You know, I had heroes in my life who people outside of my life have never heard of. ~Ed Bradley I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes. ~Robert Cray Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. ~Benjamin Disraeli As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. ~Ernest Hemingway Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. ~Keith Richards The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes ~Yiddish Proverb If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero? ~Thomas Carlyle