Peter Tork Quotes

Music has the ability to comfort people.

Michael Jackson believed in making music that made people feel good.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

Music is supposed to make you less lonely - that's the whole idea.

I think music - it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.

If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.

I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people.

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.

Whatever I've got going on, I play music to accompany me.

I like to think that my music allows people that cathartic cry.

Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

I want to touch people with the music and help them through whatever they're going through. That's what music's there for - making people happy.

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

I think music and laughter are the two things that can keep you alive. Someone who is really depressed, tell them a joke, and they may come out of it for even just a moment. Or play them something.

Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while.

Going through something difficult in your life, music, for me, is always a friend and something that helps you to figure things out.

If you are having a hard week, turn on one of my songs. Some people are here for different things in life. My job is to make you forget about your troubles.

What I love about Stevie Wonder is the way he makes people feel. He's one of the best examples of how music can heal.

It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have.