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"Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears."
"Music has to do with sounds, so we need to find them somewhere and it is preferred to find musical ones. You have two sources for sounds: noises, which always tell you something — a door cracking, a d…"
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