Becomes Quote by Ray Stevens

Brains affect brains through far more means than words and listening.

— Drew Pinsky

Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that…

— E. L. Doctorow

The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to write a…

— Roger Miller

The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together very strikingly, especially in young people.

— Oliver Sacks

I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content,…

— Howard Gardner

Our bodies like rhythm and our brains like melody and harmony.

— Daniel Levitin

Through studies of music and the brain, we've learned to map out specific areas involved in emotion, timing, and perception - and production of…

— Daniel Levitin

The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain, just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

— George Crumb

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

— Donal Henahan

People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a…

— John Frusciante

Music causes us to think eloquently.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson