 There are two main questions asked about our emotional responses to pure music, apart from what role they play in expressiveness. The first is analogous to the “paradox of fiction”. It is not clear why we should respond emotionally to expressive music when we know that no one is undergoing the emotions expressed. The second is a variant of the “paradox of tragedy”. If some music arouses “negative” emotional responses in us, such as sadness, why do we seek out the experience of such music? I address these questions in turn.