"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking"

"Music is my religion"

"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour"

"Music is the shorthand of emotion"

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

"It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms"

"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"