Below are quotes from clients
about their experiences of attending music therapy; about
listening, to music and playing together with me (my translation on
the five top ones).
"Are we going to listen to music? I get so clean on the inside
- you can push away the bad things!"
"My experiences are taken away from me, but I get them back in
the music."
"I love to play music! It's better than smoking hash and
drinking beer."
"When you're sick it's good to be able to bring music into your
life. It's a way of focusing on something other than sickness. It's
difficult to explain but I find peace and safety in it. On a bad
day music can make you a new person."
"Music therapy brings happiness and energy. I can relax and I'm
confident that you can help me. It can make the psychosis go away,
sometimes I'm psychotic when I arrive and I feel well afterwards.
Body and mind are better connected after music therapy."
"I'm sure you bring people a lot of pleasure with that guitar
and that beautiful voice of yours, there's nothing like music to
cheer you up and make you smile." Sister Madeleine, 110 years
old, Australia.
