For those interested in the origin of this quote I was lucky enough to learn from 'AA' that 

it is taken from the poem "In Passing" written in 1967 by Brian Harris .

More details are available on his website  "To all our yesterdays" 

I keep discovering it misquoted, possibly resulting from publicity on a Bryn Terfel CD cover

To be born Welsh is to be born privileged.
Not with a silver spoon in your mouth,
But music in your heart and poetry in your soul.

jt july 2002