“I know nothing of music; I would not give a farthing for all the music in the universe.”

“Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift of the Airy Kingdom, music is air, a universal existence … common to all the living. Music is existence, the key to the universal language. Because it is the universal language.”

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.”

“On music: "Scientifically, believe it or not, music drives everything, because music equals universe and universe equals music."”

“Music is my life, if I am without music or if I can't sing any more, I die, I'm nothing…because music is everything.”

“I can’t talk to you about music because you don’t know anything about music. I can talk to you about politics or sociology and all that peripheral stuff, but I can’t talk to you about music. There’s not enough information in common that I could say to you so you’d be able to understand. Besides, the people who read OUI don’t give a fuck about music anyway.”

“Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it — my music, I know I will live forever.”

“The Universe is making music all the time.”

“All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”

“I simply make music, and people have always been foolish enough to pay me for it. I never told them that I would have done it all for nothing.”