I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.

I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.

Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart.

What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.

Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point.

Music is inspiration, soulful inspiration. It inspires the human in us. Music is manifestation, fruitful manifestation. It manifests the divine in us. Music is satisfaction, supreme satisfaction. It satisfies the Pilot Supreme in us.

Lyric helps invoke the core person. And, without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core. Lyrical music is the music of India.

Music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless.

From the metaphysical point of view there is nothing that can touch the formless except the art of music which in itself is formless.

Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.

Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music.

Music should be healing. Music should uplift the soul. Music should inspire.

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

There is nothing wrong with meditating just to meditate, in the same way that you listen to music just for the music. If you go to concerts to "get culture" or to improve your mind, you will sit there as deaf as a doorpost.

His music fills the air, and my soul dances to His divine melody.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.

We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.

Each individual composes the music of his own life. If he injures another, he brings disharmony. When his sphere is disturbed, he is disturbed himself, and there is a discord in the melody of his life. If he can quicken the feeling of another to joy or to gratitude, by that much he adds to his own life; he becomes himself by that much more alive. Whether conscious of it or not, his thought is affected for the better by the joy or gratitude of another, and his power and vitality increase thereby, and the music of his life grows more in harmony.

There are certain things that have universal attributes, like music. Something of greater magnitude is conveyed by them. They connect us with the universal storehouse of life and knowledge.

Everybody is born with the capacity to enjoy, but not with the art. People think just because they are alive and they breathe and they exist, they know how to enjoy. That is sheer stupidity. Enjoyment is a great art, it is a great discipline. It is as subtle a discipline as music or poetry or painting. It is the greatest creativity.