ITunes is Frozen, won't open or close

When I look at my dock it has the arrow saying that iTunes is open and when i right click there is the option to force quit. I have tried this however and it will not force quit. Also, when I click on it the window won't come up.
I don't want to uninstall it because I would lose all of the songs on my library. Please Help! Thank you.
Ashley

A re-start might do the trick. If not try repair permissions, restart. Last ditch effort, reinstall. None of this will harm your iTunes Library, I agree with JimmyJamez420. I have reinstalled iTunes a few times as well.
S.

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