Music originated from God and was created solely for his worship, his glory, and his pleasure.

                                                                                                                                                  Pedro Okoro

Music In My Soul

Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by a kind of harmony of sounds, and the heaven itself revolves under the tone of that harmony. 

Isidore of Seville

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 3:16

For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.

Doctrine and Covenants 25:12

Entertainment!  I should be sorry if I only entertained them, I wish to make them better.    

George Frideric Handel

Quoted after the first performance of Messiah

when it was referred to as entertainment

Music is sound that has been organized.  Sound is vibration. Vibration is movement. Movement requires energy and energy is the source of life.  Music is life.  The universe is held by vibration in its order.  Someone must have put it there.  Someone who understands music because it comes from him.   

Michael Ballam

Mormon Times, August 18, 2009

Music is the language of God. 

Ludwig van Beethoven

You become the music that you listen to. 

Alex Boye

Last, but certainly not least!!!

There is geometry in the humming of the strings ... there is music in the spacing of the spheres. 

Pythagoras

Uplifting music can overcome darkness.  One third of our hymns directly reference light, and most of them allude to it in some way.  We can become enlightened by listening to inspired music and memorizing sacred words. 

Elder S. Gifford Nielson

Ensign, March 2015

I have listed some quotes about music that have influenced my thinking.   Worthy music is such a beautiful gift from our Heavenly Father! 

Music In My Soul

But now bring me a minstrel.  And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.

2 Kings 3:15

I especially like this scripture because it shows that the ancient prophet Elisha recognized the power of music. 

Let the mountains shout for joy, and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King! And ye rivers, and brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness. Let the woods and all the trees of the field praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep for joy! And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all the sons of God shout for joy! And let the eternal creations declare his name forever and ever!

Doctrine and Covenants 128:23