Finding the Musical Truth

Here are some quotes that I got in one of my classes. I find them very reassuring to why I am in music.

"The tears come from the heart and not from the brain" -Leonardo da Vinci

"What is best in music is not to be found in the notes." -Mahler

"Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second." -Ravel

"Music is the outburst of the soul." -Delius

"Music is the speech of Passion." -Wagner

"Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions which let themselves be described in words with
such difficulty are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and
significance." -Tolstoy