Music is my refuge. I can crawl into the space between the notes, rythms and lyrics and curl my back to reality. Music expresses what cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. It is cruel, you know, that music had to be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness, of pain, of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment, one-sided love and everlasting friendship. The beauty of weakness and silent or burning hate, but also the beauty of neverending love. The beauty of landscapes and History. The infinite beauty of time and space. If there is something that can still be changed in this world, to make it a better place, then it can only happen through music. Music can change the world because it can change people and because it doesn't lie. Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music deserves to be the language taught in every school in the world. Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and joy to life and to everything. Music is everybody's possession and belongs to no one. It's only publishers who think that people own it. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. When music hits you, you feel no pain, and without it, life would be a mistake. I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain, love into my heart. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. It is the illusion that transcends all the others. Music makes the hate, the pain, the sadness, the guilt go away. It is a reminder of good times and makes you forget the hard ones. It gives me peace when I'm restless, comforts me when I'm crying and fills my heart with sheer fucking joy when I'm happy.
Music is just the best of things.
"When you got the truth inside, now they can't take that away. One more time, 'cause it ain't too late. Hold on to what you believe 'cause they can't take that, they can't take that away..."