If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music.


Interview with Berlingske Tidende, June 10, 1919.

Jean Sibelius Quotes

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much...

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much...

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much...

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much...