Greil Marcus on the Magic of Music

I have worn myself out being unusually active over the past few days and think I might go to bed ridiculously early. I've been reading Greil Marcus' In The Fascist Bathroom: Writings on Punk 1977-1992 and I wanted to transcribe this bit:

If you're lucky, at the right time you come across music that is not only "great," or interesting, or "incredible," or fun, but actually sustaining. Though some elusive but tangible process, a piece of music cuts through all defenses and makes sense of every f...