"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

"If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die."

"Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends."

"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils."

"Finding old music you used to listen to is like getting back in touch with an old friend."

"It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature."