Music is the shorthand of emotion

 

Leo Tolstoy

 

Entry from Tolstoy’s diary dated Jan. 20, 1905

 
 

I think the place of music in the world today is overwhelming. It is the emotional life of most people.

 

Leonard Cohen

 

From the CBC Leonard Cohen at 50 interview with Peter Gzowski.
 

Credit Due Department: Thanks to Gordana Stupar, who identified the source of the Leonard Cohen quotation.