When the human being hears music, he has a sense of wellbeing, because these tones harmonize with what he has experienced in the world of his spiritual home.

-- Rudolf Steiner

 

Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life.  Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process.  Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better. 

-- Yanni

 

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.

-- Ludwig van Beethoven

 

There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music.

-- Zoltan Kodaly

 

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am -- my faith, my knowledge, my being . . . When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups . . . I want to speak to their souls.

-- John Coltrane