Musics has quite possibly been the most influential part of what has made me who i am today, more then anything else. How is that possible???

Because i have felt more power from music then anything else i have ever experienced in my life.

Music can change your mood in an instant crippling your emotions, and be as sharp as a knife cutting you deep with sorrow, pain and regret. Bringing back memories once lost or forgotten, with nothing but a single voice or a few keys on a piano.

But as harsh, cruel and painful it may seem at times, crippling your emotions, music can also have unbelievably power over your soul giving you strength, peace and confidence. Felt only by the power music can have over you, bringing with it a sense of happiness and instant joy.

Music is indestructible, ageless and unquestionably the only force on earth that can  manipulate the emotions of every living thing in existence.

That is why we should respect it more then anything, for what force on earth can bring a full grown man to his knees, and yet softly place a restless child soundlessly to sleep.

That is the unspoken truth of music.

Shannon Ives