Ronny Cox Quotes

If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand.

My proposition is that music is at the heart of what 'The Magic Flute' means: that it's Mozart's music, not the words, we should be attending to. Music expresses what can't be expressed otherwise.

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.

One of the things that touches me most when I play for an audience is that although we may be unable to communicate in words or have diametrically opposed views on hot-button issues, while the music sounds we can be at peace, we can be friends. The vibrations that fill an auditorium have no passports, and they unite ears when hearts may be divided.

Music has unique ways of speaking to the soul.

Music is like the soul of the planet.

The ultimate language of love is music... The ultimate connector.

Music is a great catalyst for emotion because it gets to your core.

There is no language that love does not speak.

Jazz is the language of the emotions.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.

I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.

There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

The gift of song is just like... I think music is one of those true things in this world that is universal.

I hear music as narrative.

Music is feeling. You can try to verbalize it. It really just hits you or it doesn't.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure in doing the vocal on a number that you can put feeling into.

I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.

People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words.

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that.

I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.