30+ Music and Travel Quotes To Get You Jazzed for Adventure
I heart traveling. I heart music. And when I read phrases and find reasons that reflect these affinities, I can’t help but get inspired. So I’ve done some digging and put together this collection of my personal favorite music and travel quotes.
Think of this article as a bookmarkable, inspo-piece to reference whenever you need a little motivation boost.
I’ll also keep this list updated and expanding as I stumble upon new excerpts and words that hit just right.
Ok let’s read some effing quotes!
My Favorite Travel Quotes
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
— Mark Twain
“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.”
— Harun Yahya
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
— Leonard Bernstein
“If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody."
— Anthony Bourdain
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Lao Tzu
“We feel free when we escape, even if it be from the frying pan into the fire.”
— Eric Hoffer
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
— Anita Desai
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
— Briand Selznick
“I read. I travel. I become.”
— Derek Walcott
“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.”
— Anthony Bourdain
“You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.”
— Edward de Bono
“The worst enemy we have is our own fear.”
— Just the generic quote off my Yogi teabag that I’m currently drinking
“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.”
— Pat Conroy
“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
— Aaron Lauritsen
“Most of the time, beauty lies in the simplest of things.”
— Winna Efendi
“As you move through this life and this world, you change things slightly; you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life--and travel--leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks--on your body or on your heart--are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”
— Anthony Bourdain (again lol…but damnit, he was the best)
“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.”
— Clifton Fadiman
“The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.”
— Bill Murray
“It’s goodbye. But we lean forward to the next crazy adventure beneath the skies.”
— Jack Kerouac
My Favorite Music Quotes
“Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.”
— Pablo Picasso
“Music is the strongest form of magic.”
— Marilyn Manson
“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”
— Dick Clark
“When words leave off, music begins.”
— Heinrich Heine
“Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a story, but they are like poison to the artist. You must have clarity to create.”
— David Lynch
“I'm not afraid to look like an idiot.”
— Anthony Bourdain
“The world’s most famous and popular language is music.”
— Psy
“Every song is like a painting.”
— Dick Dale
“Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.”
— Billy Sheehan
“Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.”
— John Lennon
“I look at you and I write down what I hear.”
— Virgil Thomson
“You can’t stay the same. If you’re a musician and a singer, you have to change, that’s the way it works.”
— Van Morrison
“Music is my religion.”
— Jimi Hendrix
“Music is the best means we have of digesting time.”
— W. H. Auden
“Music is the silence between the notes.”
— Claude Debussy
“Music is powered by ideas. If you don’t have clarity of ideas, you’re just communicating sheer sound.”
— Yo-Yo Ma
My Own Quotes (Because hey, why not!)
“An artist is simply someone who repackages, rewrites and rethinks old ideas in new ways.”
“Listening is a great skill. We need to listen more – to people, new ideas and so much more. Luck for us, music is a great way to practice.”
“You don’t need to be perfect to make awesome, inspiring things.”
“First steps are quiet and origins are rarely noticed.”
“Create shit. It doesn’t even need to be good. Just make something.”
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