For my entire life, music has been an important part of who I am. I grew up with a small briefcase style record player, tossing aside the kid’s records that my parents bought me and swiped their (much better) albums. ELO, The Beatles, Barry Manilow, and Ted Nugent were among several that I would put on headphones and let myself be carried away.
I have found that as I am older, music has become a type of therapy and a form of meditation. A song can comfort during sadness or help release anger that is boiling up inside. Another way to use it is to bring you back to earlier times in your life. It is like time travel, but without the DeLorean. Nothing sparks a memory like a song. I can sometimes capture a feeling I had as a kid with the rift of an old song or a relevant lyric. I believe it was the book, All is Quiet on the Western Front, where the soldier tried to recapture memories and feelings before the war by reading through books he had read in the past. Unfortunately, he was unable to capture those feelings of comfort and his past. It is music that can do this!
Music is not just entertainment or background noise. It is a catalyst that can help an individual process emotions, memories, or feelings. It can bring back good memories but can also bring back the sad. Even through those sad memories, we can begin to heal and learn. Use that sadness to strengthen your resolve!
I am music, and I write the songs.
Insurrection Of The Mind 
Yes for me music is my therapy. It takes me back to a time when things seemed so much less stressful and slow paced. Music for me, soothes my soul and escapes to what I feel was better days. Lets me forget for a moment of this chaotic world we seem to be living in!
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