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

Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike.

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.

Music is such an incredible tool for kids in general. They learn discipline; they learn how to express themselves. You learn math. You learn language. It's the ideal teaching tool, and that's why it's mind-boggling when any school superintendent decides that music is something we can kind of do without.

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

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

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

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.

What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

There's so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.