23 Quotes by Jean Sibelius

For me, music begins where words end.

The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.

Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.

All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead,

Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water.

If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.

Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art

Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.

I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.