During an interview when Adele was asked about her weight and figure, she replied “I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears”.
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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Queen are the only group in which every member has composed more than one #1 single, and hence, all four members were induced into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Jimi Hendrix played a song dedicated to MLK the night of his assassination that is described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever played. Nobody at the entire concert recorded it.
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In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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Keith Richards heard the riff to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in a dream. He woke up, played the riff on a tape recorder and mumbled "I can't get no satisfaction" and went back to sleep.
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