SOMETIMES SILENCE MAKES ME NERVOUS. It’s as if there is an emptiness there that has to be filled, and so I fill it with music. If I’m reading, the music may be Bach or Mozart or Zoë Keating. If I’m working on something around the house, gardening or grilling or cleaning, it might be Willie Nelson or Bob Seger or Paul Simon. If I’m looking for info on the Internet, it might be Dave Brubeck or doo-wop or Ennio Morricone. If I’m in the kitchen cooking, it’ll often be Italian opera. There is music for every activity and every mood. “The only truth is music,” said Jack Kerouac. I have no idea what he listened to. Since he wrote a novel titled ‘On the Road’ it must have been whatever he thought was good road music. It wouldn’t have been Willie’s ‘On the Road Again’ since that came out in 1980 and Kerouac died in 1969. But Canned Heat did their ‘On the Road Again’ in 1968, so he might have heard that. Fortunately, good music lasts forever. I enjoy listening to the music of Hildegard of Bingen, who lived and composed her music in the 12th Century. I may not be able to read music, but my ears still work.
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