A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only for a little while.

I listen'd, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hill,The music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more.

I may not have written the song, but I could add my story to it. Everyone out there could. That was what made music so powerful.

What you see is kinda what you get with me. I'm a very real person, or I hope to be, anyway. I don't have nothing to hide

They come here wanting to be loved, and the boys on the stage receive them" from the poem - STAY in the Book - RidingTheEscalato

In elementary school, in my lunchbox, I used to pack a saxophone. I could have been a chef, a culinary artist, and all that jazz.

For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

Men profess to be lovers of music but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it

I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you everything you need to know.

My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner.

Even the simple act of tuning the radio to a music program can lift our spirits and show the world "I'm not going to give up.

The smell of coffee was enough to wake up my neighbors. In a display of gratitude, they complained about my music being too loud.

Sir, I cannot sing. I have no formal training. I do not read music. And I know this is a church - but I play a mean harmonica.

Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist.