MNEK Quotes

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

I think a guitar solo is how my emotion is most freely released, because verbal articulation isn't my strongest communication strength. My wife thinks that I should do interviews by listening to the questions and playing the answer on guitar.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Like anything important, anything you need people to hear - you've got to have music for it. You've got to make it at least a little piece of a song or sometimes a whole song.

The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.

I'd rather let the music speak for itself.

When words leave off, music begins.

Dancing doesn't have a language.

For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.

Music is inarticulate poesy.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.

I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me.

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.

I think I have a hard time expressing myself in my relationships. I use songs to tell people how I'm feeling. If I can't say 'I love you,' I'll write a song about it and hope that the person figures it out.

The whole beauty of music is that it goes where your words won't let you.

In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.