Pt.1: How music is important
There are thousands of quotes about music. Discussions, arguments, theories. It's kind of silly, really. What music is is personal. Once you hear a song that speaks to you, it becomes a part of you like nothing else could. It has the power to heal you if you let it in.
Music can lift you up when you need it, or keep you down when you want to be alone with your sadness. It can give you the extra push you need when you're working out, or help you relax when you can't sleep or you can't think. It can get you excited when you're looking forward to something, or make you cry when it's in the sad part of a movie. It speaks the things you wish you could, or washes you over with memories you'd forgotten you had. Homesick, nostalgic, excited, calm...music can do it all. What else is there out there that can evoke such different feelings so quickly? Music is emotion.
If you watched a movie that had no music in it, how hard would it be to get through? Everything would seem hollow. The chase scenes would seem silly and slow. The falling in love scenes would seem cheesy and fake. Scary scenes wouldn't be scary, there would be no goosebumps. How often is there a song in your head...a melody you're humming throughout the day without realizing it? What song should we play for the wedding? For the funeral? What music should we bring for our long drive? For our flight? What music should we turn on while we're cleaning? While we're working?
There are thousands of quotes about music. Discussions, arguments, theories. It's kind of silly, really. What music is is personal. Once you hear a song that speaks to you, it becomes a part of you like nothing else could. It has the power to heal you if you let it in.
Music can lift you up when you need it, or keep you down when you want to be alone with your sadness. It can give you the extra push you need when you're working out, or help you relax when you can't sleep or you can't think. It can get you excited when you're looking forward to something, or make you cry when it's in the sad part of a movie. It speaks the things you wish you could, or washes you over with memories you'd forgotten you had. Homesick, nostalgic, excited, calm...music can do it all. What else is there out there that can evoke such different feelings so quickly? Music is emotion. 
If you watched a movie that had no music in it, how hard would it be to get through? Everything would seem hollow. The chase scenes would seem silly and slow. The falling in love scenes would seem cheesy and fake. Scary scenes wouldn't be scary, there would be no goosebumps. How often is there a song in your head...a melody you're humming throughout the day without realizing it? What song should we play for the wedding? For the funeral? What music should we bring for our long drive? For our flight? What music should we turn on while we're cleaning? While we're working?
Music is always there.
"This music is the glue of the world. It holds it all together..."
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