Why do my iTunes purchases appear and disappear?

I have no experience with iCloud, and it confuses me greatly. A year ago when I got my first iPhone, songs I purchased on iTunes would randomly fade in and out; when this happened, I was able to physically see the songs with a little cloud next to them, but could not tap it, play it, edit it, etc. Sometimes, when the songs would reappear, i was able to tap the cloud and "download" the song. (Whatever THAT means). Eventually I gave up, deleted any connection to iCloud and the songs I had, and they were no more.
Fast forward to present. I just purchased a MacBook Pro. While signing into my iTunes account, I see that they're back? And, like usual, they're faded into a grey color and I can't click, edit, play, etc. When I try to sign into iCloud to figure this mess out, it claims it must send me a verification email before I can go any further. Of course, the email never arrives? Basically, this entire this is annoying and frustrating. I simply want to listen to these songs, and don't understand why it has to be such a hassle to just play one of them. Why can't they JUST BE THERE? I don't want to utilize iCloud. I just want all of my devices to be separate entities with information securely stored in ONE place.
If anyone can help, I thank you immensely.

Go to....
https://appleid.apple.com
Click on the Manage Account Button sign in with your Apple ID and Password and check the information shown on the next screen.. In particular which email account is being used... and if is is verified or not...
If you have not set up your iCloud account on your Mac then you need to do so but for now you can go to....
https://www.icloud.com
Sign in and you can check your iCloud email address from there... and look for the verification email for you to use....
If you choose to use a different email account as your main Apple ID email account.. such as Gmail/yahoo etc.. then you must sign into that account via your web browser and again look for the verification email for you to use to verify your iCloud account..

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