MOUTHING OFF  

MUSIC TO OUR EARS

Without music, there’d be no Bathroom Readers. (It’s hard to write in silence.)

“Music is the shorthand of emotion.”

—Leo Tolstoy

“Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender you are, it has the power to unite us.”

—Lady Gaga

“Is there a meaning to music? My answer would be yes. Can you state in so many words what that meaning is? My answer would be no.”

—Aaron Copland

“Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.”

—Paul McCartney

“I need to listen to chill music when I’m driving. It prevents road rage.”

—Aaron Paul

“MUSIC IS THE SILENCE BETWEEN THE NOTES.”

—Claude Debussy

“Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.”

—Rihanna

“MUSIC EXPRESSES THAT WHICH CANNOT BE SAID AND ON WHICH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE SILENT.”

—Victor Hugo

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.”

—Henry David Thoreau

“The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.”

—Sir Edward Elgar

“That’s the amazing thing about music: there’s a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world with no music? It would suck.”

—Harry Styles

“We do not sing because we are happy, we are happy because we sing.”

—William James

“When we wrote this song 25 years ago, we had no idea we’d have to play it…every…f*cking… night…for the rest of our lives.”

—Huey Lewis, before playing “The Power of Love”

“If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it’s not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others—it’s the same with music.”

—will.i.am

“A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.”

—Mel Brooks

“People haven’t always been there for me, but music always has.”

—Taylor Swift

“IT’S NOT THE NOTE YOU PLAY THAT’S THE WRONG NOTE—IT’S THE NOTE YOU PLAY AFTERWARDS THAT MAKES IT RIGHT OR WRONG.”

—Miles Davis