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“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”

“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”

“They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”

“I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.”

“No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.”

“Reading old travel books or novels set in faraway places, spinning globes, unfolding maps, playing world music, eating in ethnic restaurants, meeting friends in cafes . . . all these things are part of never-ending travel practice, not unlike doing scales on a piano, shooting free-throws, or meditating.”

“Art is the heart's explosion on the world. Music. Dance. Poetry. Art on cars, on walls, on our skins. There is probably no more powerful force for change in this uncertain and crisis-ridden world than young people and their art. It is the consciousness of the world breaking away from the strangle grip of an archaic social order.”

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”

“It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.”

“The Nile Project is the performing side of an effort that also includes education in music and environmental issues, raising awareness of the entire Nile basin as an ecosystem. With such vibrant music, the good intentions were a bonus; the Nile Project was a superb example of what I call small-world music, of what happens to traditions in the information age.”