The past which is not recoverable in any other way is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and people can regain a sense of identity.
Oliver SacksThere will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate - the genetic and neural fate - of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.
Oliver SacksThe power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--
Oliver Sacks