Though all words may be akin, every silence differs from its fellow; and, with rare exceptions, it is an entire destiny that will be governed by the quality of this first silence which is descending upon two souls. Maurice Materlinck

"Scientists often want the music to be well behaved."...."But music isn't designed to be tame. It's meant to be a representation of human expression in all its full-bodied glory." "What Happens in a Performer's Brain While Playing Music" Article by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times, on Feburary 10, 2026

"Music is energy. Period. It's just energy. Music is energy and We are energy, and you can never destroy energy - Einstein says that. So it's a part of us. It is a part of all of us. Interview with Yo-Yo Ma, in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , January 13, 2026

"For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule"(from the Buddhist Dhammapada , 1:5; "Sacred Books of the East," Vol.X Part I, p. 5; translation by Max Müller). Joseph Campbell, The Hero With A Throusand Faces , footnote, p. 144.