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A successful song comes to sing itself inside the listener. It is cellular and seismic, a wave coalescing in the mind and in the flesh. There is a message outside and a message inside, and those messages are the same, like the pat and thud of two heartbeats, one within you, one surrounding. The message of the lullaby is that it’s okay to dim the eyes for a time, to lose sight of yourself as you sleep and as you grow: if you drift, it says, you’ll drift ashore: if you fall, you will fall into place. ↗

— Kevin Brockmeier

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Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds. ↗

— Jessica Carroll

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One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you? ↗

— Bix Beiderbecke

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Wagner’s music is better than it sounds. ↗

— Bill Nye

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Ah music,' he said, wiping his eyes. 'A magic beyond all we do here! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

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When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

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Your hand fits in mine Like it's made just for me But bear this in mind It was meant to be And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks And it all makes sense to me ↗

— Zayn Malik

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He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Waylon said it best when he sang to Willy; 'If you see me gettin' smaller, I'm leavin' don't be grievin', just gotta get away from here. If you see me gettin' smaller, don't worry, I'm in no hurry I've got the right to disappear. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul. ↗

— Plato

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