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Music has a power — it's a powerful weapon of peace, and we need to use art to get close and just to destroy all these stupid barriers we have.
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The quote presents music as a peaceful form of strength. It describes art as a way for people to get closer to one another and break down the barriers that separate them. Calling those barriers “stupid” shows the speaker’s frustration with divisions that seem unnecessary and harmful.
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