Quotes from the Lesser-Known: Part 5

'What is your reaction to people who say music isn't essential?' 

'I would agree with them.' 

'What! No way.' 

'Absolutely. Music isn't essential in the way that things like, basic mathematical or language skills are to everyday life. But for all the years I've been a musician, the happiest people I have come to know are the ones whose lives are steeped in the The Arts. It's a richer kind of existence. Yes, we could live without music, but aren't you afraid to see what that world would be like? I am. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that, yes, music is only the icing on the cake, but isn't the icing the best part of it all?'

J.J. Davis, 26

Music producer, multi-instrumentalist & skeptic