Quotes about music therapy part 3

Sen. Harry Reid:

• "Music helps all types of people to remain forever young." He noted that Congress had never before "directly addressed the question of music" as preventive medicine and as "a therapeutic tool for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, strokes and depression."
  - SUPERIOR, WI Telegram, Aug. 14, 1991.

Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead):

• "(Rhythm) is there in the cycles of the seasons, in the migrations of the birds and animals, in the fruiting and withering of plants, and in the birth, maturation and death of ourselves," Hart told a Senate panel studying music therapy.
  - REUTERS, Aug. 1, 1991.

Ida Goldman (90-year-old testifying at Senate hearings):

• "Before I had surgery, they told me I could never walk again. But when I sat and listened to music, I forgot all about the pain," said Goldman, who walked with assistance during the hearing.
  - REUTERS, Aug. 1, 1991.

Sen. Harry Reid:

• "Music therapy is much more complicated than playing records in nursing homes. Therapists are trained in psychology, group interaction, and the special needs of the elderly."

Mathew Lee (Acting Director, Rusk Institute, New York):

• "Music therapy has been an invaluable tool with many of our rehabilitation patients. There is no question that the relationship of music and medicine will blossom because of the advent of previously unavailable techniques that can now show the effects of music."

Plato:

• "I would teach children music, physicas and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning."