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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.

Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives.

I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools as possible across this country and across the world. I think that it's a lost art form because kids aren't as exposed to it as maybe they used to be, or should be. I was exposed heavily to jazz and that's why I love it.

Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do.

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.

I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience.

The break down for kids is communication. Music helps bring that bond.

When it comes down to helping kids, a lot of ways for education to move forward is through music because that's exciting to kids. Reading books and going to a bookstore is not that exciting.

I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.