Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker credits lyrics from a specific artist with shaping their musical education and mindset.
In plain terms
Reading lyrics taught me about music and opened my mind.
What can you take from it?
Art can serve as a powerful teacher in life.

Where it applies

  • studying art
  • mentoring
  • personal growth

Putting it to work

  • using lyrics for study
  • finding mentors

Questions to consider

  • Who taught you most about life?
  • How did art change you?

Another view

It overlooks other potential teachers or sources.

More from Freddie Mercury

  1. I havent felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about …

    Permalink to quote #16
  2. The difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice.

    Permalink to quote #18
  3. Liza, in terms of sheer talent, just oozes with it. She has sheer energy and stamina, which she gets across the stage, and the way she delivers herself to the …

    Permalink to quote #15

Related quotes

  1. Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.

    Richard SteeleRichard Steele quote #1
  2. 'Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain. Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do. If you're going to come away from a party singi…

    Curtis MayfieldCurtis Mayfield quote #1
  3. Formalism is music that people don't understand at first hearing.

    Sergei ProkofievSergei Prokofiev quote #1