15 Movie Quotes about Music

15 qtes – November 23, 2020

Twinkle, twinkle, little star...

You probably know the rest of this lullaby and instead of reading it you just sung it. Since our early childhood years music becomes quickly ever-present and very important. Children learning the alphabet through songs, teenagers using music to cope with all the changes they are experiencing, adults vibing to the latest pop songs while they buy grocery at the supermarket. You name it. Music has a huge impact on us. It can make us feel all sorts of emotions. By the way, who doesn't like to sing under the shower, come on! If you love music as much as we do, check out these movie quotes about music and how important it is.

From the movie: Under the Silver Lake

“There’s a message in the music.”

Jimmi Simpson - Allen

From the movie: Brief Encounter

“There should be a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Musical Instruments.”

hearing a trio playing in the restaurant

Trevor Howard - Dr. Alec Harvey

From the movie: Ace High

“- Cacopoulos: Wait a minute, wait a minute! Fifteen years, I've dreamed of this moment. Fifteen years! Every night. Every night!
- Cat Stevens: And so?
- Cacopoulos: There's always music. The music of violins. A slow, sweet... waltz. I want music!”

Cat, Hutch, Caco and Thomas are about to duel with Drake's gang

Eli Wallach - Cacopoulos
Terence Hill - Cat Stevens

From the movie: Vox Lux

“That's what I love about pop music. I don't want people to have to think too hard. I just want them to feel good.”

Raffey Cassidy - Young Celeste

From the movie: The Red Shoes

“The music is all that matters. Nothing but the music.”

Anton Walbrook - Boris Lermontov

From the movie: American Hot Wax

“You know, rock and roll has been pretty good to me. I think I'll dedicate this one to it.”

Chuck Berry - Himself

From the movie: Copying Beethoven

“The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.”

Ed Harris - Ludwig van Beethoven

From the movie: Amy

“I'm a big jazz fan and I really liked what she was doing. I thought it was unique, I thought it was edgy. And sincere.”

talking about Amy

Yasiin Bey - Yasiin Bey

From the movie: Youth

“Music is all I really understand.”

Sir Michael Caine - Fred Ballinger

From the movie: No Cure For Cancer

“I take music pretty seriously. You see that scar on my wrist? You see that? You know where that's from? I heard the Bee Gees were getting back together again. I couldn't take it.”

Denis Colin Leary - Himself

From the movie: Frantic

“- Michelle: What kind of music do you like?
- Dr. Richard Walker: What? Oldies, I like oldies.”

Emmanuelle Seigner - Michelle
Harrison Ford - Dr. Richard Walker

From the movie: Across the Universe

“Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay.”

Martin Luther - Jo-Jo

From the movie: Manhattan Murder Mystery

“I can't listen to that much Wagner, you know? I start to get the urge to conquer Poland.”

Woody Allen - Larry Lipton

From the movie: One Special Night

“Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.”