Sound as Meditation
When you listen to my music, you enter a meditative state. It is not music to entertain you; it is music to transform you.
Philip Glass
American composer, pioneer of minimalism, creator of operas and symphonies, explorer of sound and repetition in music.
All moments: Philip Glass
- Beauty in Repetition — Philip Glass
People think repetition is boring, but it is not. Repetition is a way to look deeply into one thing, to understand it completely. There is beauty in repetition.
- Infinity in Every Note — Philip Glass
Repetition creates a sense of eternity. When you hear one phrase again and again, you begin to see the entire universe in that phrase. It is transcendence through simplicity.
- The Music of Tomorrow — Philip Glass
I composed for the future without knowing what that future would be. Looking back now, I see that my music was an answer to questions not yet asked.
- Music of Our Time — Philip Glass
When I started writing minimal music in the 1960s, people said it was not music. But the world changes, and what seemed strange yesterday becomes normal today.
- Eight Decades of Creation — Philip Glass
I do not call myself a minimalist. I am simply a composer who listens to life. Life is both minimal and maximal at once. I write about what I see.
- The Path of Minimalism — Philip Glass
Minimalism is not simplification; it is concentration. When you remove what is unnecessary, the essence becomes visible. It is a philosophy of life and music.
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All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
- The Power of Compassion — Michael Jackson
The most important thing is love and compassion. They override everything.
- Music Is Life — Jon Batiste
Music is a spiritual practice, a therapy, a way to connect us to ourselves and each other
- Compromise and Conscience — Bob Dylan
I'll never sell my soul for money or fame. It's my only true asset.
- The Soul of Music — Questlove
Soul is what makes music real. It's what people feel
- Humble Beginnings — Paul McCartney
Nobody believed in us at first. We just believed in ourselves and the music.