this i believe --> the power of music

I believe in the power of music because it expresses each emotion that I ever feel, and it’s always there no matter what happens.

I’ve always loved music ever since I was a small child. If I wanted my bottle, I would sing that I wanted it. If a song came on for the first time, I would know the lyrics after the song was over. I loved music that much. I was always singing and dancing. I got my first keyboard for my fifth birthday, and I always made new songs, and had fun with it. However being that young, I didn’t appreciate all types of music.

When at elementary age, I didn’t appreciate any other types of music except for hip-hop or r&b. I wouldn’t dare listen to a thing else. I really didn’t know what the meanings of songs were, and I just liked the beats. I totally denounced any other type of music. It wasn’t until I told my mom that I liked no other music that maybe I was being a bit shallow. When I hit middle school, my mom told me that I should appreciate everyone’s art and potential even though I may not agree with it.

And around 7th or 8th grade, I started to broaden my horizon.

Because I play the piano, I really started to appreciate classical music and the real beauty behind it. I actually started to know the feelings that the artists had behind their music and the hard work that was put into it. I now see the beauty and the potential of every kind of music, whether it is classical, hip-hop, country, reggae … anything.

Now at sixteen, every time I ever perform I always put emotion into my music. Without it, it would be so boring. However I feel that day, I play the way that I feel. Whether it is a free for all recital or a Christmas recital … anything. I would always make the audience cry because I would be so attached to my music and actually … feel what I’m playing.

Not only that, but it makes me feel better whenever I need it, and it’s always there no matter what. When I feel down, I either play my piano, or listen to music that either makes me relax, or I listen to something that will make me cry so I can get all of it out. I use it when I need to concentrate and relax my mind. I use it anywhere, everywhere.


I don’t know where I would be without music. It’s nearly my whole life, and I put everything into it. That’s why I believe in the power of it. It’s always there and it never lets me down.