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All you have is now
One of my muses in songwriting ever since I was mesmorized by Susan some 50 years ago...
There is a facebook page HERE that has a bunch of snippets of interviews with him on the dodgy subject...
Below is one of several there
I've always had songs going on in my head since I was a little kid.
Though my Mom never actually played an instrument other than her voice, she had the "gift" of songwriting and made up and sang childrens songs for her kids and grandkids..
Below is a didly she made up and would sing for one of my nephews
The fishies wash the dishes
The doggy scrubs the floor
The Horsey does the vacuming
And the cow has to stay out doors
Poor cow
Moo moo
The music "out of thin air" that I heard in my mind as a kid was more classical / symphonic
When I started learning to play the keys @ 16 ( by ear ) I was influenced by folk and rock and the songs that "came" were usually in that vein...
Lyrics came and still come more often than not from an event or emotional experience that moves me..Tragedy, Love, Hate, Death , God, Politics etc... how the lyrics or melodies come about and assemble, like Leonard says is not really something you can put your finger on or just turn on...though it can be forced...it always seems the best stuff just happens when it happens..
There is a facebook page HERE that has a bunch of snippets of interviews with him on the dodgy subject...
Below is one of several there
I've always had songs going on in my head since I was a little kid.
Though my Mom never actually played an instrument other than her voice, she had the "gift" of songwriting and made up and sang childrens songs for her kids and grandkids..
Below is a didly she made up and would sing for one of my nephews
The fishies wash the dishes
The doggy scrubs the floor
The Horsey does the vacuming
And the cow has to stay out doors
Poor cow
Moo moo
The music "out of thin air" that I heard in my mind as a kid was more classical / symphonic
When I started learning to play the keys @ 16 ( by ear ) I was influenced by folk and rock and the songs that "came" were usually in that vein...
Lyrics came and still come more often than not from an event or emotional experience that moves me..Tragedy, Love, Hate, Death , God, Politics etc... how the lyrics or melodies come about and assemble, like Leonard says is not really something you can put your finger on or just turn on...though it can be forced...it always seems the best stuff just happens when it happens..
I could melt women (who are his biggest fans) from across the room. 
