Music is medicine. It changes us. Not necessarily from a poor state to a better one, from all states to a higher one. Through it and our creative lens, we can express our core emotions. We connect to those expressions because we share them. It's when we share an exalted experience that most unites us, more so than simply sharing a common thought, idea, or emotion. When we shape our emotion and others engage it through art, a fraternal bond is formed that cannot be formed another way.

This is why we do music. It feeds us as individuals, allows us to express ourselves, and unites us as a group - as friends, as family, as cultures, as country's, and in any relationship.

That's a big commitment. It's no surprise too many shy away from being so vulnerable. Hopefully more will realize how beneficial it is to pop 800 mg of music every day.