I can't tell one from the other:I find you or you find me?There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this is where I'll be.

A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else--and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on this book doesn't "spoil" enjoyment- it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music.

As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable.

People will do odd things if you give them money.

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

I think that if they want people to listen to ten or twelve songs, they have to give the listener a reason to listen to ten or twelve songs or to buy ten or twelve and listen to the whole thing instead of just pulling one or two for their iPod or their computer.