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Music Fills the Heart

Category: Quote
Issue(s) Addressed: Inherent value/intelligence
Developing the "whole child"

Attribution

Yoruba proverb, quoted by Angela Shelf Medearis in The Singing Man: Adapted from a West African Folktale, 1994

Item Text

“Yams fill the belly and trade fills the pockets, but music fills the heart.”

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www.menc.org

Submitter Information

  • Name: MENC Staff
  • Email: advocacy@menc.org

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