"The only thing better than singing is more singing" – Ella Fitzgerald "My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn." – Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971)
"He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise" – William Blake (1757-1827)
"If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe." – Carl Sagan
"You better live every day like your last because one day you’re going to be right." ~ Ray Charles
"I said: what about my eyes? God said: Keep them on the road. I said: what about my passion? God said: Keep it burning. I said: what about my heart? God said: Tell me what you hold inside it? I said: pain and sorrow. He said: . . . stay with it. The wound is the place where the Light enters you." – Rumi
"Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Let go of the present. With a heart that is free, cross over to that shore which is beyond suffering." – Dhammapada 348
"Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate a man to the most sublime heights? It is a great problem, and yet it seems to me that this is the answer: 'Love can give no idea of music; but music can give an idea of Love.' Why separate them? They are the two wings of the soul." – Hector Berlioz
"Get into the habit of singing a tune. It will give you new life and fill you with joy. Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship." – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
"The greatest protection you can ever have is a loving heart." – Buddhist saying
"Dance like nobody's watching; Love like you've never been hurt; Sing like nobody's listening; Live like it's heaven on earth." – Author unknown
"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; What else does a man need to be happy? – Albert Einstein
"... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to acquire; it is always present, and needs only to be uncovered. This is our real nature, not merely to love one person here, another there, but to be love itself. " – Mahatma Gandhi "The most direct means for attaching ourselves to G*d from this material world is through music and song." – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov