Lauren Bateman delivers a short personal reflection asserting that music acts as a "time machine": specific songs can instantly transport listeners back to precise moments (memories of place, activity, even smells). She emphasizes music's emotional significance and encourages everyone to learn to enjoy and love music.
I firmly believe that music is the perfect time machine. You can hear a song, and it can take you back to an exact moment where you were, what you were doing, what the room even smelled like. Music is timeless. And there's certain songs that really have such emotional context to them for you and for everyone. It's very, very unique and special that it really can just take you back. And that's why when you hear an old song on the radio, you're just like, oh, I remember when I was in high school. I remember I heard this song in college. It really just brings you back to that moment, and it's such a wonderful thing for everyone. And that's why I firmly believe everyone should learn to joy and love music.
