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“If you find yourself pulled beyond all practicality toward doing something -- writing poetry, building a business, restoring old cars, planting a secret garden; if at four in the morning the right word comes to you, the perfect flower to plant in that particular spot -- you are playing your invisible instrument.”

Book:How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Life

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“In my box of sound bites there are no jackhammers, no snowmobiles, no Jet Skis, no children wailing. Music but no Muzak. It's my box. Put what you want in yours.”

Book:How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Life

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“We take gingko to sharpen our memories. We could be memorizing song lyrics instead.”

Book:How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Life

Source: How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Life