I don't need sound to talk to me.
Why do you not do as I do? Letting go of your thoughts as though they were the cold ashes of a long dead fire?
When we separate music from life we get is art.
Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.
Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.
Which is more musical: a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?