"Music is everything." - Alexa, Ft. Worth, TX "Music is what gets me up in the morning, music comforts me and carries me through the day, and it is music that soothes me to sleep at night. It is what I live for and what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. Music is also the thing that brings me the closest to God. I feel free of everything when I'm performing with or conducting my band. For me no statement is truer than "Music is passion." - Chance, Hugo, OK "Music is a way to relax and relate to others and a way to connect us to the person to the left or right of us at any given point in time. Even if it is different genres it is all still music, and that's all that matters." - Ryan, New Philadelphia, OH "Music is downloads." - Margaret, Mildura, Australia "Music is life. It is what you are. It is me, it is you, it is what is around us. It is every sound you make, it is every step you take, and it is every thought that goes though your mind. Any action you take is music in someway. Now,imagine a world without music. You should see nothing at all." - Zachary, Clover, SC "Music is my reason for living." - Cassie, Dayton, OH "Music is how you express what you can't express in words, it's an emotion in itself about how you feel in life and get through it day to day. The simplest pitter-patter of feet walking down the sidewalk or the wind in the trees is music. For those who can not hear, it is the color guard's job to paint the picture and melodize the sound using their equipment so that they too may be able to internalize the soul of the music itself." - Mary, Universal City, TX "Music is fuel for the soul." - Irving, Houston, TX "Music is my life. No matter what I'm doing music is always there. Before my events at swim meets I am always listening to music to get into my zone." - Dana, Omaha, NE "Music is a way to express what you really feel and have others understand." - Ashley, Dodge City, KS "Music is that which cannot be expressed by any other means but cannot be left unsaid." - Rose, Woodbridge, VA "Music is basically my life. I play piano, flute, bassoon, and guitar and I take private lessons for all of them. I'm also a member of six different music ensembles. On average, I spend about 23 hours a week doing music-related activites." - Jacqueline, San Jose, CA "Music is a creation of our imagination to inturprit the way we feel, our emotions. It's just amazing!" - Nichole, Auburn, IL "Music is with you even in silence. Music is what I can depend on when nothing else in life is trustworthy. Music is my sanity and music is my passion." - Courtney, Wentzville, MO "Music is the beat, rhythm, and sound of life." - Ancia, Wentzville, MO "Music is something you enjoy and makes other people happy. It makes nice tunes and brings happiness to people." - Melissa, New Haven, IN "Music is what makes me so happy and inspires me and helps me in everything I do. Music is amazing!" - Mette, Olathe, KS "Music is life changing, inspirational, exciting, makes you feel alive and whole, something I love, music equals life." - Miranda, Struthers, OH "Music is something for guard to make look great. If someone was deaf and watched guard, they could see the song." - Katy, Struthers, OH "Music is conveying emotion through a universal language." - Sarah, Washington, PA "Music is a brilliant way to combine sound and movement and be albe to make it into a great performance." - Jenna, Washington, PA "Music is a way to express yourslef or your feelings. When I'm sad or lonely I play slow melloncolly music and when I'm happy I play exciting music." - Trista, Youngstown, OH "Music is expressing your emotions and feelings!" - Danielle, Morton, IL "Music is life, love and everything in between." - Ellie, Des Moines, IA "Music is life through patterns of song and sound." - Chantal, Queensland, Australia "Music is more than what we hear or see. It is something that can't be expressed in words or just one voice alone. Music is an expression, something form the heart, a passion that fills everyones soul with an emotion. Music is diversity to everyone it means something different. For me music is my life, I live,eat, sleep, and breathe band and choir or any music. More than tones, more than notes, more than melodies and more than sections. Music is an experience, a growth, something that is energizing, exciting and expressive. Music is all around amazing." - Sam, Mounds View, MN "Music is free expression without blame or ridicule." - Maggie, Kalamazoo, MI "Music is joy and laughter, excitement in everyone and time to all be alike and different" - Rachel, Naperville, IL "Music is the essence of all life. In one way or another everything makes music. Without life we wouldn't have music and without music there would be no life." - Zach, Montgomery, IL "Music is shared passion: with my fellow musicians and the audience. While we play no words are needed." - Travis, Celina, OH "Music is the opportunity to strive for excellance while expressing ideas to an audience." - Mitchell, Mount Prospect, IL "Music is the magic that keeps the whole world believing when faith fails." - Christopher, Marietta, GA "Music is the personality of life. It defines the mood and character of whoever is writing or performing. It brings forth passion, both in performer and listener." - Richard, American Fork, UT "Music is...Music, Absorbs the soul, Releases a passion Long forgotten, Unheard of. Music, Home for the spirit which dances Gracefully with the flowing notes. Music completes the missing piece of soul in a place where a hole was nonexistent." - Laura, Kalamazoo, MI "Music is a great way to live free and be yourself in a world that tries to make you conform." - Connor, Channahon, IL "Music is an expression of the musician's emotions." - Dan, Edina, MN "Music is the most powerful driving force in the world." - Nicole, Houma, LA "Music is and will forever be an enjoying adventure." - Carlos, Bralwey, CA "Music is what I do for fun." - Sean, Carbondale, IL "Music is an occurrence that cannot be adequately summarized with words." - Ben, Chicago, IL "Music is undefineable. A mystery we are constantly trying to unravel, and always will." - Alex, Bloomington, IL "Music is what brings people of all ages and backgrounds together. It is what we use to communicate and it is what we use to express ourselves. We can use music to make the happy times memorable and the sad times a little more bearable. Music is one thing that can keep people connected because it is a universal language. Music is what makes life seem more real, and most importantly, music is just who we are." - Lisa, Mission Viejo, CA "Music is passion, life, language and love." - Robbie, Newhall, CA "Music is the only hope in finding a common trait between foes; it is the only art that every person enjoys on some level. Music is Universal!" - Steven, Terre Haute, IN "Music is my life, my passion, a force that drives me to excellence." - Bileshia, Plainfield, IL "Music is what keeps me moving forward." - Christopher, Bloomington, IL "Music is what creates memories!" - Elizabeth, Tifton, GA "Music is a way to focus on all that life has to offer when things don't really go my way." - Steven, Lebanon, MO "Music is an escape where you can totally relax from the outside world and create something as a group." - Tyler, Spirit Lake, IA "Music is a great way to meet new people and build great friendships." - Jon, Glen Allen, VA "Music is a universal language that transcends nationality, race, creed - even time itself. It connects people together and brings the past, present and future into the hearts and minds of everyone." - Mike, Buffalo Grove, IL "Music is the only freedom a teenager with no car and no money has." - David, Macomb, IL "Music is the international language." - Katy, Eureka, IL "Music is part of everyone's life whether it is a big part of small. Everyone enjoys music even if it is only on the radio." - Krys, Brisbane, Australia "Music is a great way to share your talents with others and brings you and your friends together." - Brian, Myakka City, FL "Music is the feeling of joy when you achieve a song that's hard or you play the right notes. Music also brings feelings into people's souls." - Anna, Brisbane, Australia "Music is my outlet for my entire emotional spectrum and the foundation of my personal success. It allows me to vent my personality through my horn and creates something greater than just art." - Daniel, Woodland Hills, CA "Music is more than a piece of paper. It is played straight from the heart and true music does not fall on deaf ears." - Clint, Paoli, IN "Music is a way to show how you feel. It is the single most important median for your soul to show itself." - Levi, Gainesville, GA "Music is an adventure, love, anger, passion and much more. Music is a way to escape the physical world and express my emotions. Music is meaningful. Music gives life." - David, Moore, OK "Music is a great way to help one relax. I love to do it and it makes me happy to do it." - Andy, El Paso, IL "Music is the rush of a band doing what you conducted them to do." - Sam, Cedar Springs, MI "Music is the joy embedded in all of our hearts that can and will be let free." - Tyler, Omaha, NE "Music is art. Music is a form of expression. Either accomplished by lyrics or movements, ie. drum major/conductor. It can persuade and influence. It can take you to new or imaginary places. Music is life. Without it, there would be no individuality or spirit of creativity." - Quentin, Chesapeake, VA "Music is the heart and soul of he (or she) who creates and shapes it." - Michael, Cincinnati, OH "Music is the only place where I can leave daily life and let it all out sometimes. I can express to everyone how I feel and I enjoy playing most of all in my life." - David, Mars, PA "Music is what gives us life and holds everyone together." - Sam, Darien, IL "Music is my life. It is who I am and what I do. It defines me." - Claire, Overland Park, KS "Music is the embodiment of human emotions put in the most tangible form possible to evoke emotions in others." - Paul, Newburg Park, CA "Music is the pulse we live to every day. Everything has a rhythm and every rhythm has a feel. Music is feeling!" - John, Itasca, IL "Music is a way of expression that is more powerful than anything in the world." - Hillary, Eden Prairie, MN "Music is life, passion, many things. To one person it is one thing and somebody it is some other thing, but to me it is life, passion, it is the way of living!" - Tyler, Pineville/Charlotte, NC "Music everything - everything in the whole world. Every action you make, every thought in your head is music. Without it, the world would be nothing and nothing would exist." - Zachary, Clover, SC "Music is life. The Universe doesn't speak English, it doesn't converse in mathematical formulae, it speaks its mysteries in sound organized with delight." - Nina, Indianapolis, IN "Music is a way to show how you feel." - Moira, Indianapolis, IN "Music is and was my life. I grew up in high school marching band, college and now community band." Lisa, Indianapolis, IN "Music is friendship. All types of bands teach skills that are valuable for a lifetime. Spending time with friends is an added bonus." - Nile, Columbus, IN "Music is my LIFE!" - Brittany, Birmingham, AL "Music is whatever you want it to be - don't limit it!" - Jake, Washington, D.C. "Music is a relationship between a person and his soul!" - Ryan, Suwanee, GA "Music is the gateway in to ones soul. We connect and communicate through it, often we communicate thoughts that no one is willing to openly speak out loud. It is a private sanctuary to lose yourself, find yourself and discover your real self. Through this process, we nurture our creativity and often make new friends who share our same passion for the art. Music is not simple but very complex in meaning but to me it is passion, communication, discovery, learning, and full of creativity." - Heather, Tinley Park, IL "Music is actually my life - one piece of it that can set me free." "Music is flying." "Muisc is Freedom!" - Soo, Palo Alto, CA "Music is a drug, and we couldn't live without it." - Quentin, Antwerp, Belgium "Music is the ultimate expression of deep human emotion." - Aaron, Columbus, OH "Music is food for the soul." - Debi, Dayton, OH "Music is communicating that which cannot be put into words." - Michael, Dyer, IN "Music is everything. Music is love, devotion, precise, discipline, adoration, etc. Music is my everything!" - Jenelle, Van Wert, OH "Music is God's gift given to us to reach into other people and touch their lives in a way that is not possible any other way." - Sarah, Houston, TX "Music is enough." - David, Cincinnati, OH "Music is the powerful medicine that stops time, makes us forget everything we're doing this moment, and takes us back to a special memory, a distinguishable period in our lives, and unforgettable emotion, an unerasable lifetime of experience." - Crystal, Indianapolis, IN "Music is the key to unlocking the soul." - Craig, Overland Park, KS "Music is passion." - Jahayra, Austin, TX "Music is the instrumental telling of a story, full of emotion and variances in depth." - Amy, Bartonville, IL "Music is an art that fills the heart with any emotion it carries." - Ethan, Indianapolis, IN "Music is a way to unwind and de-stress." - Whitney, Indianapolis, IN "Music is my life!!!" - Amy, Broad Ripple, IN "Music is awesome. I love it." - Xona, Indianapolis, IN "Music is good for the soul. Music is calming to the soul!" - Kara, Indianapolis, IN "Music is a way to reach the unreachable & plays straight to the heart - it is a way for all of us to connect to each other, even if we don't speak the same language." - Barbara, San Antonio, TX "Music is communication...it allows you to express thoughts, beliefs, and even emotions in a manner that others can understand and appreciate. It bridges the gap between generations and social circles. It can even break down language barriers. Music is definitely communication!" - Lisa, Corinth, MS "Music is the most powerful, non-verbal way of communicating with everyone in the world." - Ron, Albuquerque, NM "Music is life. Music is like an antidote to release all stress and issues in life. Music is a great way tell a person that you love'em, or tell a multitude how you feel. Music is everywhere and never ends..." - Omar, El Paso, TX "Music is expression." - Suzi, Nashville, TN "Music is a feeling of complete enjoyment of the mind, heart and soul." - Clark, Lafayette, LA "Music is a way to escape." - Paul, Arcadia, CA "Music is making life more beautiful." - Becky, Huber Heights, OH "Music is happiness, pain, sorrow, anger, love. It is what keeps me alive. It is my pulse. Without a pulse...you're dead." - Alex, Laredo, TX "Music is life, inspiration, and everything good." - Jerrill, Indianapolis, IN "Music is giving part of yourself away, to find who you really are." - James, Gallatin, TN "Music is everything to everyone." - Phil, Lansing, MI "Music is inspirational. Music gives us a voice to change the world." - Marissa, Fresno, CA "Music is THE universal language!" - Dale, O'Fallon, MO "Music is freedom from your everyday life. A place where you can escape the everyday chaos of life, and express yourself." - Julia, Austin, TX "Music is the driving force of creativity...of life...of our soul. Music is what drives the soul." - Tyler, Knoxville, TN "Music is the universal language of passion." - Michael, Oklahoma City, OK "Music is life. Music is creativity. Music is joy. Music is emotion. Music is LOVE." - Jose, Boca Raton, FL "Music is life, commitment, love, joy, peace and prosperous." - Floyd, Newport, NC "Music is a way of life." - Meghan, Lugoff, SC "Music is our heartbeat!" - Matt, Indianapolis, IN "Music is what feelings sound like." - Michael, Angleton, TX "Music is a way to relax, a way to connect with all people and a way of life." - Jenna, Sioux Falls, SD "Music is a connection to the past, a comfort in the present, and a hope for the future." - Aaron, Sugar Land, TX "Music is My Life. It's the way I wake up in the morning, the way I live my day, and the way I go to sleep." - Jeffrey, Muscatine, IA "Music is what drives my passions in life." - Stacey, Mesa, AZ "Music is a way of life." - Sarah, Murrysville, PA "Music is life." - Alex, Spokane, WA "Music is poetry for the ear and soul." - Kate, Harrison, GA "Music is the epitome of human emotion; it is the personification of life, of love, and of ecstasy - all balanced in the bliss of composition." - Adam, Kennesaw, GA "Music is the universal language of all emotions that cannot be expressed through words." - Cindy, Bridgewater, NJ "Music is the language of man's soul, capturing and inspiring his emotion." – Jonathan, Simi Valley, CA "Music is excitement.” - Shelley, Music for All Staff "Music is inspirational." - Travis & Tammy, Music for All Staff "Music is bliss." - Vicki, Music for All Staff "Music is dancing." - Lynsy, Music for All Staff "Music is in us all." - Bob, Music for All Staff "Music is encouraging." - Joli, Music for All Staff "Music is life and life is music." - Laura, Music for All Staff "Music is ours." - Beth, Music for All Staff