"Music therapy has the unique ability to promote neuroplasticity through the increase of dopamine production, the synchrony of neural firing, and the production of a clear signal."

- Elizabeth L. Stegemöller, PhD, MT-BC

"Music has been found to improve the body’s immune system. Studies show that listening to and playing music directly increases the output of Immunoglobulin A and other antibodies. With more antibodies, it is easier to fight off your body’s foreign invaders."

- Cara Jernigan

"Our brains use the same pathways to process pain as they do music. Because of this, it is much harder to process pain while focusing on a guitar solo. Listening to music is much like a runner’s high, where endorphins are plentiful."

- Cara Jernigan

"Music therapy offers a cutting-edge approach to recovery from TBI. It improves cognition, boosts muscle control, and aids patients to relearn speech skills."

"Music therapy engages several different areas in the brain at once, therefore effectively improves overall brain function."

- Flint Rehab

"Music is known to induce relaxation. When listening to music, the body’s natural stress hormones decrease, resulting in a decrease in anxiety."

"Dopamine levels were up to nine percent higher in test subjects when they listened to a song they enjoyed."

- Cara Jernigan

"When your brain is exposed to music as a human, it activates the parts of your brain that are responsible for movement, language, attention, memory, emotion (and) executive function.

It actually engages your brain unlike any other stimulus on earth."Because music is a powerful stimulus, it can be used broadly across the board in health care, from mental health to end-of-life or hospice care,"

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- Quoted by Brian Harris, Recorded by Ilana Kowarski