ode to the dixie chicks and countless others

Aren't we lucky there is music to fit every mood we encounter - happy, sad, pensive, angry and on, and on. Nothing satiates our appetite better than music. Sure you can grab your favorite comfort food when you're feeling down or a beer when you're in party mode but nothing soothes our numerous, flighty moods like music. It's accessible, it's abundant, it's variety is seemingly endless (like our moods). Music reaches down to our core like nothing else can and becomes our companion through triumph and strife. I was thinking about this and realized behind the glitz and glamour behind every song is a person each with the same basic issues, feelings and needs as me. Music is not merely entertainment but a window into ourselves, a connection to one another.