I couldn't imagine living without music. Not that I'm one of those people who always need some noise around them, on the contrary, but I couldn't go without Sunday morning church organ, the occasional opera, evening Bach accompanied reading, singing with collegues or playing Beethoven's violin concerto every once in a while - to name just a few things. Music humbles comforts, inspires me. Music makes life a little more bearable. I'd rather never speak a word ever again than having to forgo music.