Essay On Importance Of Music On My Life

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Lou Rawls once stated, “Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.” This quote explains how music plays a vital role in the world today because it has the ability to communicate to a large group of people about important issues. This gives music a lot of power because it is able to convey certain messages influencing a person's personality. Being surrounded by music for most of my life, I know that music has had a huge impact on my personality. I am constantly listening to music whether I am doing homework, driving a car, or exercising. Throughout my life, I have found a couple songs that I share a deep connection with.
Moving to Beatrice when I was fourteen was an event that had a huge impact on my life. My dad got a new job in Beatrice, and that meant I had to leave the life I had behind. This experience reminds me of the song “Sleep On The Floor” by The Lumineers because this song is all about picking your life up moving unexpectedly. The lyrics in the song that mean the most to me are “Pack yourself a toothbrush dear/Pack yourself a favorite blouse/Take a withdrawal slip/Take all of your savings out” because these lyrics explain how expectadilty people decide to move and for that reason how quick have to pack. I felt this same way when my parents told me we were moving because I felt like everything was moving very fast. We bought a house and next thing I knew we were packing up all our belongings. This song does a good job in the explaining how rushed I felt during the time of my life when I was moving to
I went through a hard time when I moved to Beatrice because I felt completely alone, yet surrounded by people everywhere. This loneliness is what lead to Josie and I became very good friends when we both moved to Beatrice. We bonded over the type of alternative indie music we listen to, and all our common interests. The song “I Love My Friends” by Foster the People represents how much I love being friends with Josie. This song is all about loving your friends no matter what they do. My favorite lyrics from the song are “But I love my friends, I love my friends/We've got each other, don't need no others” because I when I first moved here I thought I needed a lot of friends, but I was wrong. I only needed Josie because she became the only person I wanted to spend time with. Without Josie, I really do not know where I would be because she has had such a positive influence on my life. Music was able to bring Josie and I together in a period of

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