Music
- Richard "Pistol" Allen (1932–2002), African-American musician, drummer for the Funk Brothers
- Richard B. Allen (1927–2007), American jazz historian and author
- Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard
- Rick Allen (keyboardist) (born 1946), American musician
- Rick Allen (organist) (born c. 1940), Grammy nominated blues, rock and R&B organist and pianist
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“Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.”
—Thomas Beecham (1879–1961)
“Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.”
—André Malraux (1901–1976)