Music.
Is my fuel. Not a day goes by that I am not listening to something, somewhere. Music has had the ability over the span of my life to flow through my veins as steadly as my blood. I have my family to thank for the initial introduction, then my father who guided me and my brother who open my mind to everything I was missing.
Many different albums come together to make the soundtrack to my life. Stevie Nicks ‘Trouble in Shangri la’ gets me through any illness. No Doubt ‘Return of Saturn’ gets me out of heartache. Sigur Ros ‘()’ makes me wanna cry and floats me onto another plateau. Metallica ‘St. Anger’ gets me going, digs me out and lifts my spirits. And its just like that, that my list goes on and on, possibly forever. Each album finding a secret spot in my heart. Nothing does it for me quite like music, some sort of endorphin is released and I connect and feel everything, every word, every chord.
The best things come from moments involving music.
I always think of my dad and I eating breakfast together, when I heard ‘Watching the Wheels’ by John Lennon, for the first time. I had wondered to myself why it had taken so long for me to have heard that song. But just like many things in life, I feel that songs come into play when they need to.
I think of my mom sitting with me in the bathroom while I was a little girl in the tub and the song ‘Annie’ by John Denver came on the radio. My dad had requested it for me and that moment being so special and exciting. I think maybe I might have been 6 or 7.
The first time I had ever felt political passion in music was when I was in highschool and one night I was hanging out with my brother in his room and he played ‘Battle of Los Angeles’ by Rage Against the Machine. My inital reaction was something a long the lines of “What is this crap?” followed by my brother responding “Listen to what they’re saying”.
I hope to one day instill my passion and love for music into the lives of my children. For music has been the one constant in my life that without fail has gotten me this far and will continue to add to my soundtrack forever.