"All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song"

"Music is my religion"

"Music is the shorthand of emotion"

"If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse"

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen"

"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"

"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary"

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"

"Music is the universal language of mankind"

"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff"

"I've always been into melodies. That's what I love about music – a good melody that gives you goosebumps"