Music can help you accomplish many of your mental, physical, and cognitive goals each day. Music therapy can calm your anxiety, ease your pain, and provide a pleasant distraction from the world's stress.
We all have deep connections with music that tap into our emotional responses and can boost our mood, spirits, and energy.
Experts say that music therapy can help people of all ages and health conditions, regardless of whether they have a musical background or an ear for it.
"There is no other stimulus on Earth that engages the brain as globally as music does," says Brian Harris, one of the US's thousands of board-certified music therapists.
Here are more quotes that include surprising facts and even a little comedy about the effects of music therapy. It's true that music heals!
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"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
"Music therapy can be beneficial for people with ADHD, as it can help to improve attention, focus, and self-regulation skills." - Michael Thaut
"As a music therapist, having produced an album about the human condition--about anxiety, ADD, and the whole spectrum of what we’re doing, it’s...it’s just such an honor to create art that does more than entertain." -Jon Samson
"Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering." - Haruki Murakami
"I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological disorders - Parkinson's and Alzheimer's - because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged." -
Oliver Sacks
"Music therapy is a way to connect with patients on a deeper level, to communicate with them when words fail. It allows patients to express themselves in a way that is often more powerful than words." - Sheri Robb
The idea of music having a use goes back centuries. The beginnings of written-down music was the liturgy, and obviously, that has a connection with the idea of a meditative state and all of that. So music can really be useful in that way.” - Max Richter
"Music therapy is the use of music to achieve non-musical goals. It's not about learning to play an instrument or sing. It's about using music in a targeted way to help people achieve specific outcomes." - Rachel Rambach
"Music therapy can be especially helpful for people with dementia, as it can tap into long-term memories and help individuals reconnect with their past." - Suzanne Hanser
"Listening to music has a positive impact on our health, by helping us recover faster when we experience stress, and through the reduction of the stress hormone cortisol, to help us achieve a calm state or homeostasis." - Alex Doman
"Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening."
- Aretha Franklin
"Music can be a profound step in the exploration of self, in the conscious act of honest reflection that goes by many names-mindfulness, meditation, self-discovery, self-empowerment, and enlightenment." - Amy Camie
"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"(Music therapy) can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort -- between demoralization and dignity." - Barbara Crowe
"Music therapy can be particularly helpful for people with autism, as music can provide structure and predictability, which can help to reduce anxiety and improve communication skills." - Laura Beer
"I think any time I’ve ever got down or ever felt low the one thing that picks me up from that is writing a song about it. At least you’ve got a positive experience out of a bad experience."- Ed Sheeran
"Music is the strongest form of magic." - Marilyn Manson
"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary." - Martin Luther
"Music therapy provides a safe and supportive environment for people to explore and express their emotions. It can help individuals build emotional resilience and coping skills." - Kat Fulton
"Music can help individuals with chronic pain by reducing anxiety and promoting relaxation. It can also distract from the pain and provide a sense of control." - Karen Goodman
"Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life." - Jean Paul
"Music therapy can be an effective tool for managing depression, as it can help individuals express and process their emotions, and provide a sense of connection and belonging." - Julie Guy
"Music therapy, to me, is music performance without the ego. It's not about entertainment as much as it's about empathizing. If you can use music to slip past the pain and gather insight into the workings of someone else's mind, you can begin to fix a problem." - Jodi Picoult
"Music can provide a sense of comfort and familiarity for individuals with PTSD. Music therapy can help individuals process their traumatic experiences in a safe and supportive environment." - Wendy Magee
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