Quotes [regarding music and religion; the power of music]
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"Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony."
- President Boyd K. Packer
"Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence in our meetings more than a speaker does."
- President Boyd K. Packer
"Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul."
- President Ezra Taft Benson
"I've never really had a religious experience, in a religious place. Closest I've ever come to seeing or feeling God is listening to rap music. Rap music is my religion. Amen"
- KIller MIke - R.A.P. Music Lyrics
"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
- Ray Charles
"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."
- Plato
"For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness."
- Reba McEntire
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
- Ludwig van Beethoven
"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world."
- Martin Luther King
“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.”
- Jimi Hendrix
- President Boyd K. Packer
"Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence in our meetings more than a speaker does."
- President Boyd K. Packer
"Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul."
- President Ezra Taft Benson
"I've never really had a religious experience, in a religious place. Closest I've ever come to seeing or feeling God is listening to rap music. Rap music is my religion. Amen"
- KIller MIke - R.A.P. Music Lyrics
"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
- Ray Charles
"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."
- Plato
"For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness."
- Reba McEntire
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
- Ludwig van Beethoven
"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world."
- Martin Luther King
“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.”
- Jimi Hendrix