What would your life be like without music? – Wow, that’s a horrible thing to ask from the daily writing prompt.

I’m no musician, but I have a love and thirst for music. It’s part of me. I start and end the day with it. I am motivated by it. I fall in love with it. I exercise to it. I drive to it. I played sports to it. I write to it. I move my body to it. I draw to it. I cut the grass to it. I dance to it. I cook to it. I lay in the hammock to it. I grill to it.

Some music makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and my head tingle. Some music makes me pump my fist in the air. Some music makes me do a windmill guitar imitation. I’ve been lucky and seen many great bands and musicians live.

Music speaks to all my emotions. Most of the time it brings a big smile to my face. Some lyrics send me into streams of thought. A few songs that make me pause and sometimes bring a tear to my eye. There are a few songs that I would run through a wall when hearing.

There is some music that has brough on anger and rage in my youth. Music makes me sing out loud, play air drums, guitar, piano and the occasional saxophone. Some songs bring such a sense of calm that the troubles of the world fade away for a few moments. Some songs have inspired wonderful thoughts.

I worked an overnight shift during the last decade of my career. And I would use the opportunity to occasionally rock the building. And I’m sure the cleaning crew or the passerby from Editorial have caught me doing the Chuck Berry duck walk during a break.

All I know is the more music I have in a day, the happier I am. Usually because I’m doing the things I want to do. And being retired, music is a much larger part of my life now.

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What would your life be like without music? – What a rude thought posed by the Daily Writing prompt.

I was sitting here listening to music when I opened today’s prompt. I don’t even want to think of my life without music. At times throughout life, music has saved me. Life without one of the major forms of expression and enjoyment is beyond my imagination.

Music is like this time machine that I get to play with. It takes me back in time to concerts I’ve seen or events or places in my life. I’m not a musician but music is key to my enjoyment in life. I need that soundtrack, especially now later in life. Music is a part of every day.

Losing music means losing inspiration. I use music often to change a bad attitude so prepare for a much more prickly me without it. Music makes me dance so a good form of exercise and stress relief is lost without it.

No music while driving, what a nasty thought. That 6-hour round trip to the beach without tunes to help me sway back and forth and enjoy the journey. Where is the feeling of the hair standing up on the back of your neck and that twinkle in the eye along with the widening grin as you carve up some track time or pop the clutch and launch from a light without some proper music?

Perish the thought, life without music.

Long Live Rock, jazz, blues, and whatever floats your boat.

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