As if music could be crushed like a condemned building or a stubborn anarchist. But it could not. It always rose and returned, vital, immense, fortified by new instruments, new shapes, new musicians crazy enough to give their lives to it like underground, unsanctioned priests.

Carolina De Robertis
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Music is timeless. You can never crush it. It will always rise again, stronger than before. There are many stories about how music came to be.

One is about a man who tried to kill himself by jumping off a cliff with his guitar attached to his neck. He wanted to die, but his music wouldn’t let him. Another story is that of a man who knew he was dying of an incurable illness.

He asked his wife for permission to end his life, but she refused him. He then asked her if he could play an instrument so she would be with him when he died. As soon as she heard the first notes of his song, she forgave him and loved him once more.

Perhaps you have heard of musician who passed away so suddenly that they were mistaken for a ghost due to the way their music haunted their own family members who had lost them. This is why music can never be crushed or stopped, because each time it rises again there are new instruments, new musicians, and new ways of playing it that keep it alive and vibrant in the world.

Source: The Gods Of Tango

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