Past, future or “expanded present”?
“When we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future; we are listening to an expanded present.” – Alan Watts
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What is Bach telling us?
“Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to be the universe.” — Douglas Adams
What is life?
“Life is one grand, sweet song so start the music.” — Ronald Reagan
Where music of the soul can be heard
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.” — Lao Tzu
What you can’t cage
“You can cage the singer but not the song.” — Harry Belafonte
How to tell beautiful things to the heart
“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” — Pablo Casals
Where does the music begin?
“Where words leave off, music begins.” — Heinrich Heine
How can you remove the dust from your life?
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Berthold Auerbach
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