Considering our states of mind just the week before, it was hard to believe that the five of us could all be so free and happy, so uninhibited, and all dancing at once, but I guess when we joined together and finally opened up, we made more than a star: We made music. Willa Strayhorn
About This Quote

The author of this quote, Frank McCourt, is an Irish American writer and memoirist. He is known for his memoir, Angela's Ashes (1996), and "Tis" (2001). In the opening book of the memoir, Angela's Ashes, McCourt wrote about how he and his family emigrated from Ireland to America. He then went on to write about the hardships they faced as immigrants.

When he was writing about how he and his family made it through those hardships, he wrote: "We wanted something like music to come out of our lives. That's what we got." This quote is a perfect example of the power of music and the desire for something more exciting than we have in our ordinary lives. Music can bring together people and turn them into a group with a common goal.

With the right lyrics and beat, music can bring people together and inspire them to do great things that would otherwise be impossible.

Source: The Way We Bared Our Souls

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