The First Record I Bought Myself Could

There's A Lot Of Craft In Songwriting. The Divine Inspiration Is When The Idea Comes. It May Be A Riff. It May Be A Word. It May Be A Phrase. It May Be A Title. Sometimes, In The Best Of Both Worlds, That Divine Inspiration Extends Through The Whole Song. I've Literally Sat Down And Written A Song From Beginning To End, Almost Complete Lyrics And Everything Without Ever Stopping...in Two Minutes. The Chorus Of 'she's Gone' Was Like That.

There's All Sorts Of Soul. There's Irish Soul And Native American Soul. If It Touches You And Moves You, It's Soul.

You Don't Want To Pitch A Tent And Live Inside The Louvre. You Want To Check It Out, Appreciate It, And Move Somewhere Else.

The First Record I Bought Myself Could Have Been 'oh Lonesome Me' By Don Gibson Or 'wake Up Little Susie' By The Everly Brothers.

The Bricks And Mortar Of The Music Business, They Don't Exist Any Longer.