Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
184
In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
28
Shakira was banned from her school choir because her music teacher didn’t think she could sing and thought that she “sounded like a goat”.
21
The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
18
Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
62
In 2007, Joshua Bell pretended to be a street violinist and went mostly ignored. Just two days earlier, he played in a sold out theater with each seat costing $100. The violin he used on the street was worth 3.5 million dollars.
5