"Music, I argue, is not simply a distraction or a pastime, but a core element of our identity as a species, an activity that paved the way for more complex behaviors such as language, large-scale cooperative undertakings, and the passing down of important information from one generation to the next. This book explains how we can better understand the role that music has played in our species by thinking about six kinds of songs. They are songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love" (Levitin 3).

"I think that because Levitin is talking about six categories of songs and not six individual songs. Even in different cultures that need to be translated for us, we can still understand what category the song falls into without every lyric being perfectly correct".

"I like this idea that a song is so personal for the individual. There is an emotional nature about music and the fact that one song is for a person makes it seem even more emotional".

"Every song related to every person who listens to it differently, connecting to everyone in different aspects".

"Music has the ability to break barriers, tensions, and conflicts; bringing people closer together".

"Art is nothing if we cannot connect with it".

"I don't think we still do this explicitly, but every song has some kind of message that the artist still wants to pass on. So, this is still present in our music today".

"It makes me happy to know that music and art are such important parts of our humanity".

"Poetry is the manipulation of words, music is the manipulation of sound".