The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--

Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring it's memory.

A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore, replace or compensate for and to preserve its identity, however strange the means may be.

A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.

I am now face to face with dying. But I am not finished with living.

Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.

I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions.