MUSIC IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL

IPods now have video, games, audio books and podcasts. Will iPods always be about the musicß

Who knows? But it's hard to imagine that music is not the epicenter of the iPod, for a long, long, long, long, long time.

I was very lucky to grow up in a time when music really mattered. It wasn't just something in the background; it really mattered to a generation of kids growing up. It really changed the world.

I think that music faded in importance for a while, and the iPod has helped to bring music back into people's lives in a really meaningful way. Music is so deep within all of us, but it's easy to go for a day or a week or a month or a year without really listening to music.

And the iPod has changed that for tens of millions of people, and that makes me really happy, because I think music is good for the soul.