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