Quotes about Inspiration
Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Music, when thus applied, raises noble hints in the mind of the hearer, and fills it with great conceptions. It strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture.
— Joseph Addison
Music has no limits of a life-span.
— Nadine Gordimer
After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.
— Martin Luther
Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.
— Alice Walker
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.
— Seth Godin
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The beauty of a lovely woman is like music.
— George Eliot
Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
You've got to keep your body active, even if that means just turning on some music and dancing for an hour. ...That's how you;ll prepare your bodies and your minds for greatness.
— Michelle Obama