These are not songs that define me as a person but that define the experiences I have had. I believe we are all products of our environments and the experiences I have been forced to deal with have made me who I am. I am everything around me. Everyone I have ever met, all the things I have ever seen, and everything I have ever done have made me who I am. The songs I have chosen not only represent the experiences I have had but the way I felt during certain times in my life. Music is everything to me, it’s the one thing in my life that I can always count on to be there no matter what. It has always been therapeutic, and the one thing I go to whenever I am having a bad day, week, or month. It is also the thing I go to when I am having a great day, week, or month. These songs define great moments in my life as well as ones that were not so great. Music is the best way for a person to tell his or her story and I know it is the best way for me to tell mine.  I play three instruments, guitar, piano, and violin. I have been playing the violin and taking lessons since I was 8, and at age 10 I began teaching myself how to play the piano and at age 13 taught myself how to play the guitar. And yes, I know how cliché the whole music is my life thing is but I really don’t care at all. When you find your passion in life it doesn’t matter how many people have the same one it is still yours. The fact that so many people feel the same way about music that I do, does not make it any less important to me. I have chosen these ten songs because at this point if my life these songs bring me back to some of my most unforgettable memories and experiences. All of these songs take me back to times in my life I know have shaped me to be the person I am today. Some are songs that remind me of certain things and others are songs that helped get me through other things. Music is not just lyrics, and melodies, its emotions. And this songs are all perfect examples of my emotions at some point or another in my life

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