I cannot pretend i am not without fear.

There is certainly a universal and unconscious propensity to impose a rhythm even when one hears a series of identical sounds at constant intervals... We tend to hear the sound of a digital clock, for example, as "tick-tock, tick-tock" - even though it is actually "tick tick, tick tick.

Music is...a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.

The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.

If a man with a dog sits quietly enjoying music and smiling, his dog might sit down beside him and smile, too. But who knows whether the dog is having a comparable experience or whether the dog is simply happy that his master is happy.

The same areas which are active in listening to music are also active when you imagine music, and this includes the motor areas, too. That explains why earlier, even though I was only thinking of the mazurka, I was thinking in terms of movement.