I Believe in Music

I believe in music. I think that music has a lot of power. Music has the power to cause emotions to well up within us. These feelings are gripping - often irresistible - and seem to emerge from nowhere. These feelings change our moods and affect our perceptions. The indisputable fact about music is its power to evoke emotions. Music has the ability to inevitably tap the still, mysterious deep well of our emotions. Music is created from the heart and molded by emotion. Music is an interesting and very useful wind communication and self expression.

I know, from experience, that certain kinds of music or certain songs can help people through tough times. I can’t really explain it but, there is something about music that makes me so attached to it. Music makes me feel better when I’m having a bad day. I have to have my music wherever I go. My iPod stays with me at all times. It’s amazing how some songs sound. They also have the power to speak to you when you have a problem. I believe that if I didn’t have music, I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. Music has helped me grow and understand myself better. It has helped me get through the toughest times in my life.

Here are some quotes that will make you think about music and its effect:

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” – Charlie “YardBird” Parker

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

“Music is an outburst of the soul.” – Frederick Deluis