Quotes by Herschel, Sir John

Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associate >>

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. >>

Quotations about Music

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. >>

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet. >>

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derive >>

Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated classes, that a taste for them, for their own sakes, can hardly be said to exist, and before they can be recommended as innocent or safe amusements, a very great change of ideas must take place.

Herschel, Sir John