“Music is part of being human.”
“Music is art, and art is an integral part of the human experience.”
“Passion was a part of being human.”
“I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being. ”
“The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.”
“Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.”