Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.
What we hear is the quality of our listening.
Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.
The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.