Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.
It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.
If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night.
When I felt upset and lost, music always had the answer.
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me.
a few hours with Beethoven are more restful than sleep.
Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it's hard to be angry when you are listening to music.
I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music.
Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music.
The piano represents home to me. It represents a place where I can heal - the sound of it, the feel of it, the way it looks.
When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress.
In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
'Rock Bottom Riser' by Smog - I was just in Europe, and my jet lag never really went away. I wasn't sleeping very much. Then one night, my girlfriend saw a Bill Callahan show in L.A. and took a video of that song and sent it to me. I was just listening to it over and over - it was comforting.
People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
We do two shows a night for five weeks. A lotta times we'll go upstairs and sing until daylight - gospel songs. We grew up with it...It more or less puts your mind at ease. It does mine.
Nat King Cole's lyrics were speaking to me, almost like fatherly advice, when I was listening to him alongside the console stereo player. So that music and that influence comes out of me.
Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying; if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me.
Let the music defuse all the tension.
Over the years, Cajun music has always calmed me down, or if I'm feeling real sick or feeling real unsettled, I can put that music on and try to get focused again.
My parents got divorced when I was really young and I was a very hyperactive kid, so both parents independently would play Enya at the house to calm me down and soothe me as a kid.
I wanted to write a song that can comfort you, and make you feel like I take you to 'Heaven.'
New Age music does something wonderful to the nervous system.
I have a heart problem, so I have to simplify my life and be content with memories and friends and music.
When I'm really in the car, I'll cut on Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons.' That's probably the thing that's soothing to me the most.
