How we cite our quotes: (Preface if applicable, Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Well," he said with equanimity, "you see, in my opinion there is no point at all in talking about music. I never talk about music. [...] But, you see, I am a musician, not a professor, and I don't believe that, as regards music, there is the least point in being right." (349)
Say what? Pablo is going for the jugular here, and providing a 180-degree revolution for Harry to think about. Harry used to be so caught up in knowing about music that he doesn't understand how someone can just enjoy it.
Quote #5
"Look at the faces in a dance hall at the moment when the music strikes up after a longish pause, how eyes sparkle, legs twitch, and faces begin to laugh. That is why one makes music." (351)
The physical part of music that makes you dance and feel rhythm is like a foreign concept to Harry. Just as he's learning to dance with Hermine, here he's learning that music isn't just an academic subject; it's also a part of joy and life.
Quote #6
[…] I heard pieces by Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Bach and Haydn. I had gone the old beloved way once more. […] Stealing away out of the Cathedral, I had wearily paced the dark and narrow streets, where here and there behind the windows of the restaurants jazz orchestras were playing the tunes of the life I had now come to live. Oh, what a dull maze of error I had made of my life! (360)
We can see this moment, where Harry goes back to the church to listen to classical music as he used to before meeting Hermine, as a real crossroads in the novel. Harry is seeing that his life is changing—he is participating in what he used to reject, and losing touch with what he used to believe in. That is scary for anybody, but especially someone as set in his ways as the Steppenwolf.