Art and music is part of what it means to be a human being. And if you're neglecting that, you're basically ignoring a huge side of the brain and a huge side of what it means to be human.
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To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted.
Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul. And I think for me, any great art is art which communicates human emotion.
The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.
Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world.
I think a lot of times we think of music as being different from other art forms. You would never ask a sculptor or painter, 'Go paint this because you'll get paid more,' you know what I mean?
I think music can definitely be art; I also think music can be crap and not be art.
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.