“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.”

Sun Ra (1914–1993) American jazz composer and bandleader

“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.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

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

Vangelis (1943) Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral 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.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

“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.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

“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.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

“The Universe is making music all the time.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

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

Mitch Albom book The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“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.”

Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) British conductor