And in this way, music is true spiritual practice. I thank God for music, and I thank music for God. So, render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, but keep the moneychangers out of the temple, and keep music to yourself. Sting's Commencement Address at Berklee . But it was their fault in the first place.
Music is an addiction, a religion, and a disease.
There is no cure. I was hooked. Songwriting is the only form of meditation that I know. And it is only in silence that the gifts of melody and metaphor are offered. To people in the modern world, true silence is something we rarely experience.