Notes Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old notes quotes, notes sayings, and notes proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others. Thelonious Monk
There are no wrong notes. Miles Davis
Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes. Pablo Casals
If you stopped playing notes, Music would still exist. Victor Wooten
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places. Miles Davis
Notes fly so much farther than words. There is no other way to reach the infinite. Anais Nin
You can't speak Music with notes alone, but you can speak Music without notes at all! Victor L. Wooten
The silence between two notes is as beautiful and meaningful as the notes themselves. Joseph Curiale
Great music as much about the space in between the notes as it is about the notes themselves. Sting
Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be. Pete Seeger
The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had. Robin Pecknold
It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong. Miles Davis
The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate. Chuck Palahniuk
In jazz improv, there is no such thing as wrong notes, only notes that are better chosen and it's not about the note you play, it's about the note you play next. Larry Carlton
Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want. George Gershwin
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. Louis Armstrong
The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom. Jon Stewart
The only notes that matter come in a wad. John Lydon
There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies. Willie Nelson
To me, the biggest notes and the longest notes are the easiest notes. Jennifer Hudson
Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them. Ben Folds
In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation. Terry Bozzio
Notes, usually to be musical, have to move in or out. They don't sound like clarinets! Ray Still
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together. Richard Nixon
We are musical notes emanating from the quantum string section of a grand symphonic orchestra. Kane Freeman
Lots of times it really doesn't matter what notes you play, but what notes come before and after a run. Tommy Bolin
Music is the space between the notes as much as the notes themselves; it's defined as much by silence as by sound. James McKean
The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage. Robert Caro
Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift. Dejan Stojanovic