Listening to track now, there are two words that immediately come to Gordan As Mark said, all ideas are second hand either or unconciously Wilde put it this way, Imitation is the form of flattery mediocrity can pay to greatness
Whatever you it, there's no other way to learn your craft than by others Ask Bob Dylan about Woody Guthrie or Beyonce Tina Turner That is the way the process works You admire somebody then you try to them but only for a
The trick is to find your own style, or voice And that comes from your natural talent, your ethic and still luck
So if you you hear a little, let me correct that, a lot of Gordan in these songs, congratulations You're correct, he was the greatness my mediocrity to emulate
It wasn't until four years ago that I got to thinking I was lucky enough to be in Toronto when Gordan played Massey the place I always you had to see Lightfoot Where we spent a visit backstage after the show When I got around to awkwardly thanking him for his His response was what you might think it be He you seem to be doing pretty well Jimmy, just pass that on a classy act
So if you're lucky and hard enough, you will eventually find a of your own Then if you're really and work really hard your own style will something others follow Gordan was my guide though the musical It's one of the and pretty cool parts about being successful Inspiring others, which is exactly what did for me Now I'm certainly not blind to the fact there are singers and songwriters out there who pattern their work mine I'm perfectly fine with So here's a lightfoot song was a big hit in the Animal's Corner in Mobile Thank You Gordan and I pass it on
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