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Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever.

— Peabo Bryson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When there are no lyrics, people can picture what they want. It's a reflection of where they are in their lives. Music becomes a mirror.

— Hiromi Uehara

I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today. I think music needs to be of its time and speak to that time.

— Dave Holland

Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.

— Edgar Winter

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

— Babyface

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

— Johann Sebastian Bach

Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.

— Charles Duhigg

Music is a tool that brings people together.

— Jon Batiste

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

— Xun Kuang

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

— Daniel Barenboim

✗Opposing Perspectives

Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people.

— Tom Scholz