World Music Day Special: Quotes From Readers

Longfellow quite rightly said, "Music is the universal language of mankind". Music is a language which everyone understands irrespective of the individual differences. It's 21st June and we are celebrating World Music Day today. Have you ever wondered why world music day is celebrated?

It was UNO which declared the 21st June of every year to be celebrated as world music day. The idea behind this was to keep a thought afresh in minds of people that creativity drives a nation.

So, Boldsky conducted a survey to celebrate music on this day. We asked our readers what 'MUSIC' means to them. It is just noise or a melody or a means of soul searching. As expected the response was appalling. Here is what music means to our readers:

"Music is how I teleport through space and time. Sitting at my computer in California in 2013, I travel to England to the website of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (www.efdss.org) and in their archives I open up a scanned copy of a music book that was printed in 1794. I whip out my trusty soprano recorder and I'm off, playing the tune that was all the rage 219 years ago. I've travelled the nooks and crannies of the world through music, and I have spoken heart to heart with the world. Nothing else compares." - Lorna Joy Shashinda

" Music -----the second need of human, i believe in music." - Ashok Kumar Poddar

" Music is a companion who brings your smiles back when you are low. It's something you can rely on for support. There are some songs that can make me feel better in whatever distress I'm in..I feel only music has that power to play with our thoughts and even change them! Music to me is everything, I can survive a day without food, but not without music.." - Siji S Ram

" Music is Mood changer, if i am sad and if listen to sad music that means i am gonna be more sad, hence if in sad mood if i listen to some peppy song definitely my changes for sometime. Ya some nice songs can take me to past also. One can relate certain things/person with Music as well. Some songs can take you back in past and one can visualise that moment and that particular song." - Pankaj Shaw

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." - Belal Jafri

" Music is something that you can't stay without. It is almost a part of your life! when you are happy, you listen to music, when you are sad, you turn up soft music. The playlist is what you need to get over something and stay happy! MUSIC HEALS EVERYTHING!" - Amrisha Sharma

"While listening to soft music, I feel that I am living with myself. It reminds me the purpose of my life." - Ram Singh

"Silence is also a music." - Arun Mozhi Varman

"Music is Inspiration.Music is God. Music is in every element of universe. A child's laughter can be music to some ears whereas the rattling sound of the coins in the piggy bank can be music for someone. Music is the only string that connects all hearts across boundaries, across cultures and beyond religions. If your music can bring a smile on someone's face or a tear in someone's eye trust me you are the best musician in the world. Listen to songs, compose a song, try scribbling some lyrics on a paper.who knows on this World's Music Day today you discover an artist in yourself!" - Pallavi Shroff

"Music is a pain killer."- Keerthi Varma

" Music is like a common religion. It is one of the ways to reach the spiritual high or god in some ways. Every kind of music has the the capacity to take you to the divine." - Anwesha Barari

"Music washes away the stress of life to relieve the soul and uplift it." - Sucheta Patra

"A way to get relaxed from all the stress" - Kalpana Rana

"It is the expression of deep emotions and feelings." - Mukesh Kumar Mishra

"Music is Life. It is the only thing which anyone can feel and understand. Its the best way to express your feelings and the only way to find yourself." - Manoj Kumar Sethi

"Music is the best way to relax mind."- Saritha

" Music is a best friend for me."- Reena TK

" Music is a beautiful feeling."- Mahalakshmi

"Music is a Great Stress Reliever."- Saraswathi

"I believe in this quote by Bob Marley, 'One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain'." - Nagarathna

"Unnecessary sound made using instruments and human voice to break beautiful silence." - Harikrishnan PV