Proverbials!

Sayings about Music An excellent compilation of proverbs and sayings about Music that convey meaningful lessons drawn from life experiences of various Nations, followed by quotations from the world's greatest authors and leaders. Love begins with song and music and ends in a sea of tears. ~ Italian Proverb When the music changes, so does the dance. ~ African Proverb When girls whistle, the Holy Virgin cries. ~ Luxembourg Proverb There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won't bring her to the window. ~ Spanish Proverb Those who cant dance blame it on the music . ~ Jamaican Proverb Move your neck according to the music . ~ Ethiopian Proverb To heaven for the music but to hell for a good conversation. ~ French Proverb Silence is music to a wise man. ~ Turkish Proverb The mouth is not sweetened by saying "Honey, honey." So the music , so the people. ~ Turkish Proverb Music helps not the toothache. ~ Traditional Proverb ...

Sayings about Musicians One string is good enough to a good musician . ~ Mexican Proverb A good guitarist will play on one string. ~ South American Proverb You hear little from the drummer that is paid in advance. ~ French Proverb Gossipers are the devil's trumpeters . ~ French Proverb From a broken violin do not expect fine music . ~ Greek Proverb A tent without a woman is like a violin with no strings. ~ Romanian Proverb If you beat my drum , I will blow your whistle. ~ Lebanese Proverb The drum makes a great fuss because it’s empty. ~ Trinidadian Proverb If you've enjoyed the dance, pay the musicians . ~ German Proverb There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window. ~ Spanish Proverb The musician who is paid in advance does not play so well. ~ Catalonian Proverb The big drum only sounds well from a distance. ~ Iranian Proverb When it sees money, the flute will play itself. ~ Turkish Proverb ...

Sayings about Dancers & Dancing Dancing  at the carnival, baptizing on All Saints Day. ~ Catalonian Proverb There's more to dancing than a pair of dancing shoes. ~ Dutch Proverb I dance to the tune that is played. ~ Spanish Proverb When the music changes, so does the danc e. ~ Nigerian Proverb Do not choose your wife at a dance , but in the field among the harvesters. ~ Czech Proverb A woman who dances too much gets ill from little work. ~ French Proverb A smart witch can also dance without a broomstick. ~ German Proverb Who dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral. ~ Yiddish Proverb A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt. ~ Polish Proverb Life is like a ballet performance -- danced only once. ~ Malian Proverb He who has no shoes dances in his socks. ~ German Proverb Dance to the tune that is played. ~ Spanish Proverb Those who cant dance blame it on the music . ~ Jamaican Proverb The rich man never dances badly...

Sayings about Opera Bed is the poor man's opera . ~ Italian Proverb My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. ~ Renee Fleming An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience. ~ Joseph Addison Opera is a type of drama whose integral existence is determined from point to point and in the whole by musical articulation. Dramma per musica. ~ Joseph Kerman To sing opera , one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion. ~ Andrea Bocelli [ Opera ] does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths. ~ George Mare The aim of Opera has ever been, and still is today, confined to Music. Merely so as to afford Music with a colourable pretext for her own excursions, is the purpose of Drama drag...