Music will calm me down.  Live music is the best, an outdoor concert or seeing some jazz really gets me in a good mood.  Sometimes if I'm upset I think back to an outdoor jazz fest I went to at Piedmont Park in Atlanta one year.  I was lying on my back looking up at the blue sky, good vibes all around, very peaceful.

Musical notes as bookmarks for life- a good song can bring you back to a better moment, a scent, a smile, a touch, a sigh and it can be interpretted and revisted at whim.

I find that upbeat Christian music with a positive message always helps out whenever I am depressed or upset about something.

I love music; I love to play the guitar which is relaxing to me and I love to sing which I have been doing since I was a young boy and which helps me to worship my God. I love to listen as I am often encouraged by others talent and words of expression whether to someone they love or a way they feel.

 There are so many songs that I can name remembering good times and bad and where and when I heard it first.  That song would then go on to be a reminder of that paritular time in my life.  I don't know how anyone can survive on this earth without music, it's the soundtrack of your life.

No matter what tragedy happens to me- John Lee Hooker and Johnny Cash have been through worse and make me think that things aren't so bad. . .

Certainly for inspiration music can lift me, soothe me or cheer me up.  In a crisis it can console, but I truly need the personal touch if it is serious.

music is calming. helps to "forget" my worries for awhile. so many kinds to choose from. it always lifts my spirits.

Tops for me, though I doubt anyone here shares my musical tastes.  There's an interesting theory emerging that music may be older than language.  The human psyche, or soul if you will, needs music as much as verbal communication, and music reaches you on a level which isn't yet fully understood.

Music never fails to inspire me, whether I need inspiration or not.

Depends on the song.  It's kind of like guided introspection; what message I take out of a song sometimes helps put things into perspective.

Music is a therapy and inspiration. It heals, it helps, it moves, and it inspires! Music is unspoken language!

May sound cheesey to some...but for me, there is no better way to be inspired, think through a challenge, and put things in perspective.