"I wonder sometimes if we realize the importance of music. I wonder if we know that the Lord himself is concerned about it. He has given us the information that the song of praise is a prayer unto him. . . . It [is] our privilege, yea, our blessing, to sing and . . . our songs should be sung in righteousness."
- President George Albert Smith, Church News, Feb. 16, 1946, 6
"My soul is always lifted up, and my spirit cheered and comforted, when I hear good music. I rejoice in it very much indeed." -President Joseph Fielding Smith, in Conference Report, Oct. 1969, 110
"I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving." - Psalm 69:30
"Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul." - President Ezra Taft Benson, Ensign, Nov. 1974, 67
"We get nearer to the Lord through music than perhaps through any other thing except prayer." - President J. Reuben Clark Jr., in Conference Report, Oct. 1936, 111
"The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the Gospel, and in promoting peace and spiritual growth." - President Heber J. Grant, Improvement Era, Sept. 1940, 522
"We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen." - President Kimball, Teachings of Spencer W Kimball, 1982
“Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence in our meetings more than a speaker does.” —Boyd K. Packer, “Reverence Invites Revelation,” October 1991 general conference
For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads. -D&C 25:12
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