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Einstein, aside from Mark Twain, is one of the most quoted people to have existed. Here are a selected number of quotes from Albert Einstein that I find the most engaging as they provide a genuine insight into how he felt about music.

“Life without playing music is inconceivable for me.”

“I live my daydreams in music, I see my life in terms of music.”

“If I were not a physicist I would probably be a musician.”

“Life is like a Piano, what you get out of it depends on how you play it.”

“It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.” (This quote is alleged as a result of Einstein being asked about how his theory of relativity came to him).

“Music helps him when he is thinking about his theories. He goes to his study, comes back, strikes a few chords on the piano, jots something down, returns to his study.”(Einstein’s wife Elsa).