"Singing and dancing were a natural activity in everybody's lives, seamlessly integrated and involving everyone. The Sesotho verb for singing (ho bina), as in many of the world's languages, also means to dance; there is no distinction, since it is assumed that singing involves bodily movement." Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music, London 2006, p. 7.

"Musical training appears to have the effect of shifting some music processing from the right (imagistic) hemisphere to the left (logical) hemisphere, as musicians learn to talk about - and perhaps think about - music using linguistic termes. And the normal course of development seems to cause greater hemispheric specialization: Children show less lateralization of musical operations than adults, regardless of whether they are musicians or not." Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music, London 2006, p. 123.

"The pianist Alfred Brendel says he doesn't think about notes when he's onstage; he thinks about creating an experience." Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music, London 2006, p. 123.

"The "instant voice press" will almost always reveal your natural physiological voice. Standing, place your index finger just under your sternum (where your ribs come together). Now press gently with a staccato movement and make sound with the lips closed. The sound you are producing is essentially the one you were born to make - the voice your were born to use. Now say "umm-hmmm" in that same voice." Morton Cooper, Change Your Voice, Change Your Life, New York 1999, p. 24.

"There is clearly a wide range of musical talent, but there is much to suggest there is an innate musicality in virtually everyone. This has been shown most clearly by the use of the Suzuki method to train young children, entirely by ear and imitation, to play the violin. Virtually all hearing children respond to such training." Oliver Sachs, Musicophilia. Tales of Music and the Brain, New York 2008, p. 101.

"For me, the first incitement to think and write about music came in 1966, when I saw the profound effects of music on the deeply parkinsonian patients I later wrote  about in Awakenings. And since then, in more ways than I could possibly imagine, I have found music continually forcing itself on my attention, showing me its effects on almost every aspect of brain functions - and life." Oliver Sachs, Musicophilia. Tales of Music and the Brain, New York 2008, xiv.

"Das Beste der Musik steht nicht in den Noten." Gustav Mahler, Im eigenen Wort.

"Das Notwenidigste und das Härteste und die Hauptsache in der Musik ist das Tempo." Wolfgang Amadeaus Mozart, Briefe an den Vater 1777.

"Das Phantastische an der Musik ist ihre Fähigkeit, jedes nur denkbare Vorkommnis, jede Situation widerzuspiegeln, ob belebt oder unbelebt." Yehudi Menuhin, Variationen.

"Das Unendliche im Endlichen, das Genie in jeder Kunst ist Musik." Bettina von Arnim, Goethes Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde.

"Musik ist höhere Offenbarung als alle Weisheiten und Philosophie." Ludwig van Beethoven

"Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum." Friedrich Nietzsche, Götzen-Dämmerung.

"Die Musik ist imstande, die seelische Haltung des Menschen irgendwie zu beeinflussen; vermag sie aber dies, so muss die Jugend ihr offenbar zugeführt und in ihr unterrichtet werden." Aristoteles, Älteste Politik.

"Die Musik drückt das aus, was nicht gesagt werden kann und worüber zu schweigen unmöglich ist." Victor Hugo.

"Der Musiker öffnet Zahlen den Käfig, der Zeichner befreit die Geometrie." Jean Cocteau, Hahn und Harlekin.

"Nichts kann zum Verständnis von Musik mehr beitragen, als sich hinzusetzen und selbst Musik zu machen." Leonard Bernstein, Von der unendlichen Vielfalt der Musik.