Happy International Music Day!

Music has an enormous power to heal and bring hope, to inspire and instill a sense of beauty.

International Music Day was initiated by the International Music Council (IMC) of UNESCO and is celebrated annually all over the world on October 1. 

Quotes from famous personalities about music:

• "I think music is healing in itself. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something that touches us all. No matter what culture we're from, everybody loves music." - Billy Joel
• "One good thing about music is when it hits you, you don't feel pain." - Bob Marley
• "The only truth is music." - Jack Kerouac
• "Music is like a dream. Which I can't hear." - Ludwig van Beethoven
• "Without music, life would be a mistake" - Friedrich Nietzsche
• "Music is forever; music must grow and mature with you, following you until death. " - Paul Simon
• "Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and arch my back for solitude." - Maya Angelou
• "Music is the literature of the heart; it begins where speech ends." - Alphonse de Lamartine
• "Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." - Plato
• "How is it that music can summon without words our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?" - Jane Swan
• "If I wasn't a physicist, I'd probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my day dreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." - Albert Einstein
• "Music is a flash of the soul." - Frederick Delius

Congratulations on International Music Day!