“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” — Aaron Copland

"Music is my religion." — Jimi Hendrix

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.” — Frank Zappa

"Music happens to be an art form that transcends language." — Herbie Hancock

"Some are wise and some otherwise." — Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford (Genesis)

"Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it." — Elvis Presley

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." — Kurt Cobain

"Music is the only religion that delivers the goods." — Frank Zappa

"I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to." — Jimi Hendrix

"It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ..." — Jerry Garcia

"Without music, life would be a mistake." — Friedrich Nietzsche

"I cheated myself like I knew I would" — Amy Winehouse

“The only truth is music.” ― Jack Kerouac

"Let me be when I am weary. Just a little bit more cheery. Think a little more of others. And a little less of me." ― Glen Campbell (from "Less of Me" by The Everly Brothers)

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." — Berthold Auerbach

"Without Elvis, none of us could have made it." — Buddy Holly

"Any good music must be an innovation." — Les Baxter

"Okay take my drums, I'll play your damn guitar." — Eddie Van Halen (to his brother, Alex)

"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." — Confucius

“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.” ― Albert Einstein

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." — Plato

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." — Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 1962

"They give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me." — John Lennon

"Too much of a good thing is just about right." — Jerry Garcia

"Music ... furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life." — Thomas Jefferson

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” ― Bob Marley

“We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope.” ― Merle Haggard

"There is a very thin line between "hobby" and "mental illness"." — Dave Barry