World Music Day 2017: 20 Quotes To Celebrate Fête De La Musique During Summer Solstice

Fête de la Musique or World Music Day 2017 is celebrated on June 21, which marks the beginning of the summer solstice — the longest day of the year. World Music Day was first celebrated by France in 1982, and later adopted by over 120 nations across the world.

This day is celebrated by remembering music and musicians of all genres, and is marked by live performances. On this occassion, we bring to you 20 quotes on music to share with friends and family, courtesy Brainy Quotes and Good Reads.

1. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

2. “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” ― Bob Marley

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3. “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ― Victor Hugo

4. “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ― Maya Angelou

5. “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

6. “Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.” ― Johnny Depp

7. “To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” ― Aaron Copland

8. “Music is the universal language of mankind.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

9. “Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.” ― Lou Rawls

10. “Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.” ― Ronald Reagan

11. “Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.” ― Stevie Wonder

12. “Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.” ― Oscar Wilde

13. “Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.” ― Robert Fripp

14. “Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.” ― Kahlil Gibran

15. “My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.” ― Martin Luther

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16. “Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.” ― George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

17. “Music is everybody's business. It's only the publishers who think people own it.” ― John Lennon

18. “To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?” ― Michael Jackson

19. “Music can change the world because it can change people.” ― Bono

20. “Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” ― Pablo Casals