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Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Tempest (c. 1611), Act III, Scene II, spoken by CalibanIn context
- Nature
Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird’s throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
William Shakespeare1564–1616As You Like It (c. 1599), Act II, Scene V, spoken by AmiensIn context
- Nature
When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o’ th’ sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Winter’s Tale (c. 1611), Act IV, Scene IV, spoken by FlorizelIn context
- Dancing
- Love
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
- Dancing
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822To a Skylark (1820)In context
- Poetry
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory⁠—
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822Music, When Soft Voices Die (1821)In context
- Love
There ain’t a note that I play on stage that can’t be traced back directly to my mother and father.
Bruce Springsteenborn 1949Bruce Springsteen Talking (2004)
- Family
The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.
Bruce Springsteenborn 1949Bruce Springsteen Talking (2004)
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.
Hunter S. Thompson1937–2005
- Clever Jabs
There’s always been an emotion in my voice because it reached back to the life I was living. Where there were tears on stage, it wasn’t Hollywood, it was real.
Tina Turner1939–2023My Love Story (2018/19), Motto
- Emotion
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
?UnattributedOften credited to Steve Martin
Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!
Kanye Westborn 19772009 MTV Video Music Awards (September 13, 2009)
An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.
Edith Wharton1862–1937The Age of Innocence (1920), Book I, Chapter IIn context
- Comedy
Music makes one feel so romantic⁠—at least it always gets on one’s nerves⁠—which is the same thing nowadays.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Love
Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900