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George Santayana

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world.

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Music allows us to express emotions directly from within ourselves, rather than linking them to specific things or experiences outside. It shapes our feelings into sound without needing a story or physical reference to explain them.

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