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Quote by Hankiss Elemér
English (Source)
To protect ourselves in this world, we surround ourselves not only with myths and religions, thoughts and beliefs. But also with music. With sounds and rhythms, melodies and harmony. Music also protects us in a foreign world. It fills the void around us; the terrifying emptiness of silence. We whistle at night in the forest so that we are not afraid and not so defenseless in the dark. African tribes fill the void around them with the rhythmic rumble of drums. When we sing, waves of singing fill the space around us. With a Walkman on our belt and headphones on our heads, we shut out the real world; we can walk down the noisiest street of a terrifying metropolis, yet we can feel ourselves in the middle of the world of music and harmony. We are surrounded by an invisible protective shell of melodies and rhythms. When the music stops, the realm of nothingness and silence surrounds us again.