The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--
Oliver SacksThe 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 SacksEvery act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.
Oliver SacksWhen I was five, I am told, and asked what my favorite things in the world were, I answered, smoked salmon and Bach.
Oliver Sacks