"I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure"

"Music is my religion"

"Music is the shorthand of emotion"

"I must confess, I was born at a very early age"

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

"Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at"

"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"

"Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music"