Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.

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.

We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination.

The power of music, narrative and drama is of the greatest practical and theoretical importance. ... We see how the retarded, unable to perform fairly simple tasks involving perhaps four or five movements or procedures in sequence, can do these perfectly if they work to music.

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.

There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients.

About 10 percent of the hearing impaired get musical hallucinations, and about 10 percent of the visually impaired get visual hallucinations.