"The whole world is nothing more than a singing and a dancing before the Holy One, blessed be He. Every Jew is a singer before Him, and every letter in the Torah is a musical note." ~~ Nathan b. Naphtali Herz
"The ransomed of the Lord shall return…with singing to Zion." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 35:10
"Sweet are the songs of Israel. " ~~ ISecond Samuel (Shmuel 2) 23:1
"Sing, O heaven, be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains!" ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 49:13
"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. " ~~ Leonard Bernstein
"Music evokes he spirit of prophecy." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Nature is saturated with melody; heaven and earth are full of song." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"As a seal of carnelian on a necklace of gold is a concert of music at a banquet of wine." ~~ Ben Sira
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~~ Berthold Auerbach
"Who sings in this world will sing also in the next. " ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"Three things soften a man’s heart: a pleasant melody, a pleasant scene, and a fragrant odor." ~~ Talmud, Berakot 57b
"In the high spheres there are temples which may be opened only with song." ~~ Shneor Zalman