Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.
Oliver SacksTo be ourselves we must have ourselves โ possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must โrecollectโ ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.
Oliver SacksMusic is...a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.
Oliver Sacks