80 Inspirational Music Quotes (POWER OF MUSIC)

45 Quotes on the Extraordinary Healing Power of Music

“Music… will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. - Edward Bulwer Lytton — Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. – Edward Bulwer Lytton

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. — Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the **imagination**, and **charm** and gaiety to **life** and to everything. – Plato

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't. - Johnny Depp — Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t. – **Johnny Depp**

He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you. - Hannah Harrington — He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that’s what good music does. It speaks to you. It **changes** you. – Hannah Harrington

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. - Alphonse De Lamartine — Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. – Alphonse De Lamartine

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife. - Kahlil Gibran — Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing **peace**, abolishing strife. – **Kahlil Gibran**

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. - Confucius — Music produces a kind of pleasure which human **nature** cannot do without. – **Confucius**

Music is the strongest form of magic. - Marilyn Manson — Music is the strongest form of magic. – **Marilyn Manson**

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. - Maria Von Trapp — Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. – Maria Von Trapp

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. - Martin Luther — My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. – Martin Luther

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. - Sarah Dessen — Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. – Sarah Dessen

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. - Johann Sebastian Bach — Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. – Johann Sebastian Bach

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. - Pablo Casals — Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. – Pablo Casals

Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter — Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. – Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

Music is the universal language of mankind. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Music is the universal language of mankind. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once. - Nina LaCour — It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once. – Nina LaCour

Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music. - George Eliot — Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music. – **George Eliot**

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 — 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**

I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can. - Jennifer Donnelly — I’m wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it’s stronger than death. Stronger than **time**. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can. – Jennifer Donnelly

The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God. - Martin Luther — The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God. – Martin Luther

A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good. - Colbie Caillat — A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good. – Colbie Caillat

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall. - Eric Clapton — For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall. – Eric Clapton

“A person who…does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.”
Martin Luther

I've found that no matter what life throws at me, music softens the blow. - Bryce W. Anderson — I’ve found that no matter what life throws at me, music softens the blow. – Bryce W. Anderson

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. - Haruki Murakami — Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. – **Haruki Murakami**

Can a mere song change people's minds? I doubt that it is so. But a song can infiltrate your heart and the heart may change your mind. - Elvis Costello — Can a mere song change people’s minds? I doubt that it is so. But a song can infiltrate your heart and the heart may change your mind. – Elvis Costello

Through music we may wander where we will in time, and find friends in every century. - Helen Thompson — Through music we may wander where we will in time, and find friends in every century. – Helen Thompson

Too bad people can't always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn't be any more wars. - Margot Benary-Isbert — Too bad people can’t always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn’t be any more wars. – Margot Benary-Isbert

Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch. - Debasish Mridha — Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch. – Debasish Mridha

The positive effect music has in our lives is understated. It can influence mind-state and motivate us to reach for the stars. - Independent Zen — The positive effect music has in our lives is understated. It can influence mind-state and motivate us to reach for the stars. – Independent Zen

Music replays the past memories, awaken our forgotten worlds and make our minds travel. - Michael Bassey Johnson — Music replays the past memories, awaken our forgotten worlds and make our minds travel. – Michael Bassey Johnson

Happy soul; begin and end your day with music. - Lailah Gifty Akita — Happy soul; begin and end your day with music. – Lailah Gifty Akita

“The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.”
Arthur Schopenhauer

Music has the power to heal, transform and inspire and we have the power through deep listening to increase our intuition and self-awareness. - Andre Feriante — Music has the power to heal, transform and inspire and we have the power through deep listening to increase our intuition and self-awareness. – Andre Feriante

Music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world. - Kamand Kojouri — Music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world. – Kamand Kojouri

Music is one of the longest standing self-prescribed therapy in history. - Erin Seibert — Music is one of the longest standing self-prescribed therapy in history. – Erin Seibert

My body, my soul and my mind, simultaneously response to good music. - Lailah Gifty Akita — My body, my soul and my mind, simultaneously response to good music. – Lailah Gifty Akita

Music is a supernatural force on the earth. It has the power to transform the heart and mind. - Kathy McClary — Music is a supernatural force on the earth. It has the power to transform the heart and mind. – Kathy McClary

Music has real health benefits. It boosts dopamine, lowers cortisol and it makes us feel great. Your brain is better on music. - Alex Doman — Music has real health benefits. It boosts dopamine, lowers cortisol and it makes us feel great. Your brain is better on music. – Alex Doman

If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they’d be. - Lauren Myracle — If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they’d be. – Lauren Myracle

Music with all its subtlety has immense power to unite people, spread love and bring peace in the world! - Sanchita Pandey — Music with all its subtlety has immense power to unite people, spread love and bring **peace** in the world! – Sanchita Pandey

When we sing together in harmony, our hearts start beating together. - Tania De Jong — When we sing together in harmony, our hearts start beating together. – Tania De Jong

The best music… is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. - Bruce Springsteen — The best music… is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. – Bruce Springsteen

Music is the tool to express life – and all that makes a difference. - Herbie Hancock — Music is the tool to express life – and all that makes a difference. – Herbie Hancock

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley — One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. – **Bob Marley**

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Music has infinite power to reach the gap between the heart and the soul to create infinite and ineffable joy. - Debasish Mridha — Music has infinite power to reach the gap between the heart and the soul to create infinite and ineffable joy. – Debasish Mridha

Where words fail, music speaks. - Hans Christian Andersen — Where words fail, music speaks. – Hans Christian Andersen

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig Van Beethoven — Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. – **Ludwig Van Beethoven**

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. - Plato — Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. – **Plato**

Music is to the soul what words are to the mind. - Modest Mouse — Music is to the soul what words are to the mind. – Modest Mouse

25 Quotes About the Positive Impact of Music Has on Us

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. - Elton John — Music has **healing** power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. – Elton John

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. - Maya Angelou — Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. – **Maya Angelou**

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones. – Keith Richards

People haven’t always been there for me but music always has. – Taylor Swift

Music can change the world because it can change people. – Bono

Without music, life would be a blank to me. - Jane Austen — Without music, life would be a blank to me. – **Jane Austen**

Music is … A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy. - Ludwig van Beethoven — Music is … A higher revelation than all **Wisdom** & **Philosophy**. – **Ludwig van Beethoven**

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness. - Jason Mraz — Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness. – **Jason Mraz**

Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought. - E.Y. Harburg — Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought. – E.Y. Harburg

How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations? - Jane Swan — How is it that music can, without words, evoke our **laughter**, our fears, our highest aspirations? – Jane Swan

When words fail music speaks. - Irena Huang — When words fail music speaks. – Irena Huang

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music. - Josh Groban — If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music. – Josh Groban

The power of music to integrate and cure... is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. - Oliver Sacks — The power of music to integrate and cure… is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. – Oliver Sacks

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. - Albert Einstein — If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my **daydreams** in music. I see my life in terms of music. – **Albert Einstein**

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. - Robert Green Ingersoll — Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. – **Robert Green Ingersoll**

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo — Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. – **Victor Hugo**

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. - Billy Joel — I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. – Billy Joel

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language, they still know good music when they hear it. - Lou Rawls — Music is the greatest **communication** in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language, they still know good music when they hear it. – Lou Rawls

Music is the soundtrack to every good and bad time we will ever have. - Alex Gaskarth — Music is the soundtrack to every good and bad time we will ever have. – Alex Gaskarth

Music gives color to the air of the moment. - Karl Lagerfeld — Music gives color to the air of the moment. – **Karl Lagerfeld**

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. - Sergei Rachmaninov — Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. – Sergei Rachmaninov

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. - Ludwig van Beethoven — Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of **knowledge** which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. – **Ludwig van Beethoven**

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize. - Napoléon Bonaparte — Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize. – **Napoléon Bonaparte**

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music. - George Carlin — Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music. – George Carlin

“Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does-humans are a musical species.”
Oliver Sacks

5 Inspirational Quotes on The Purpose of Music (PONDER)

The object of all music should be the glory of God and pleasant recreation. - Johann Sebastian Bach — The object of all music should be the glory of God and pleasant recreation. – Johann Sebastian Bach

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings without attaching them to events or objects in the world. - George Santayana — Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings without attaching them to events or objects in the world. – George Santayana

If you love and listen to the wrong kinds of music your inner life will wither and die. - A. W. Tozer — If you love and listen to the wrong kinds of music your inner life will wither and die. – A. W. Tozer

It is not overstating the case to insist that the kinds of music you enjoy will demonstrate pretty much what you are like inside. - A. W. Tozer — It is not overstating the case to insist that the kinds of music you enjoy will demonstrate pretty much what you are like inside. – A. W. Tozer

Without music, life would be a mistake. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

Music: The Medicine for the Mind & Soul

The power of music has a positive healing effect. Music is medicine for the mind and soul.

Science has also concluded that humans are hard-wired to respond to good music.

I’m not certain about many things but one thing I know for sure is that no matter where you are from, what culture you are in, what race you are, somewhere deep inside you, you crave and love music.

Music is life itself.”
Louis Armstrong

We can be united as one in music even in the midst of war or when we say we ‘hate’ one another. The Christmas Truce that happened more than a century ago was started because of a Christmas Carol: Silent Night.

If you are not familiar with the Christmas Truce that happened in 1914 (WW1), watch the video here.

People from different backgrounds and religions have congregated as one to listen to good music together. It happened countless times over the course of our history and is still happening today.

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Music Unites People of Different Backgrounds – Secretary-General Says – United Nation
Uniting Through Music – HuffPost
The Power of Music – Rich Coffey

Music shows us that everything is connected.

It has the power to soothe your soul, revive your troubled spirit, and unite people as one.

Here are the most uplifting music quotes so you can be inspired and indulge in good music without guilt.

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Conclusion: Music Therapy

In the 21st century, music therapy is becoming one of the main sources of treatment for those with mental health issues.

A piece of uplighting music with the right melody could soothe even the most troubled soul.

You don’t need to be a graduate from The Juilliard School to enjoy the vibe of a beautiful piece. You can have all the positive, transformative effects of music simply by listening.

A study done by Sonos found that music may be essential to living a healthier and more productive life.

“Through music, man’s ability to express himself extends beyond the limits of the spoken language in both subtlety and power. Music can be used to both exalt and inspire or to carry messages of degradation and destruction”
Priesthood Bulletin, August 1973, page 3

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