Is music a luxury or a necessity? Everybody listens to music. Some think that music is a luxury, while others believe that it is important for survival. Various people listen to music when they do homework, ride in a car, or take a shower. People call that a luxury others say it is needed for survival. Countless individuals say that they need music to fall asleep at night. I think that people mistake music as a needed when they really just take music for granted. Music has become a major part of almost everything in our lives. Does this mean that music is important for us to survive, or is music a luxury for us? I believe that music is a luxury.
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Even though every person listens to different types of music they all feel the same way when they listen to music. There is country, rap, hip-hop, metal, classical, and many more these are just a few types of music that people listen to. Victor Hugo backs up what I am saying the best. He suggests, "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." Hugo was a French poet, a playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic Movement in France. Many people believe that music is necessary because it helps them convey their emotions or feelings. This is not the only way to convey your emotions. There are many other ways so this makes music not a necessity. Many people believe that they need music for many reasons. The most popular is to sleep. Numerous people say that there is no way that they can go to sleep without music on. I bet if they were to not put music on they would be able to go to sleep. When I listen to music at night when I am trying to sleep it keeps me up. This is because the music I normally listen to is the music I put on so I start singing along and it just wakes me up more and more. I eventually just turn the music off and I doze off to sleep. To go along with this, most of the people that listen to music when they go to bed have the music really loud and that keeps their brain active and awake. When music is on the brain has to work so that you can hear and comprehend what the singers are saying. This way the brain won’t go to sleep and this keeps the person awake longer than they would be if the music was turned off. Folks would say that music is a necessity and that they need it to survive, but really they can get along just fine without it, they just take it for granted and don't realize