Until this thing takes shape, I'm afraid all I'll be adding are links. Music should be thought of as the desire for an ecstatic relationship to life. People's attention spans are so short that they don't want to hang around for the digging, they just want to hear the treasure. But the search is part of it. Otherwise you won't appreciate the treasure.
Music is indivisible.
Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings without attaching them to events or objects in the world. We can look away from pictures but we can't listen away from sounds. Of all the Arts, music is practiced most. The more you love music, the more music you love. There ain't nothin wrong with the way he moves Or Scarlet Begonias or a touch of the blues.