John Diamond (doctor) (1934) Australian doctor
Source: The Life Energy in Music, Vol. 1 (1981), p. 7
Quoted in We need to have an instinct for self-preservation: C N R Rao, 30 November 2013, 22 December 2013, Business Standard http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/we-need-to-have-an-instinct-for-self-preservation-c-n-r-rao-113113000358_1.html,
John Diamond (doctor) (1934) Australian doctor
Source: The Life Energy in Music, Vol. 1 (1981), p. 7
Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982) Polish-American classical pianist
John Guinn (December 22, 1982) "Rubinstein Was His Music", Detroit Free Press, p. 8D.
Attributed
Wesley Willis (1963–2003) American singer-songwriter
Interview with Howard Stern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNfSekbTck,
“The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.”
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic
As quoted in The Cynic's Lexicon : A Dictionary of Amoral Advice (1984) by Jonathon Green
Variant translation: The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.
As quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews, p. 281
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) La musica mi tiene in vita.
Source: prevale.net
Carly Simon (1943) American singer-songwriter, musician and author
On what Simon wrote regarding music in Boys in the Trees (as stated in “Tales From the Trees: An Interview With Carly Simon” https://www.popmatters.com/tales-from-the-trees-an-interview-with-carly-simon-2495407885.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 in PopMatters; 2016 Nov 20)
“I was born with music inside me.”
Ray Charles (1930–2004) American musician
Home, p. 8
Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story (1978)
Context: I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of, since none of my relatives could sing or play an instrument. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me — like food or water.