Listening to that now, there are two words that immediately come to Gordan As Twain said, all ideas are second hand either or unconciously Oscar put it this way, Imitation is the sincerest form of mediocrity can pay to greatness
Whatever you it, there's no other way to learn your craft than by others Ask Bob Dylan Woody Guthrie or Beyonce about Tina Turner That is just the way the works You admire then you try to emulate them but only for a
The trick is to find own style, sound or voice And that comes from your natural talent, work 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 until four years ago that I really got to thinking I was lucky enough to be in Toronto when played Massey Hall the place I heard you had to see Lightfoot Where we spent a delightful visit after the show When I got around to thanking him for his inspiration His response was you might think it would be He said; you seem to be doing pretty well Jimmy, pass that on a classy act
So if you're lucky and hard enough, you will eventually a style of your own Then if you're really lucky and work really hard your own will become others follow Gordan was my guide though the woods It's one of the unique and pretty cool parts about being 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 after I'm perfectly with that So here's a song that was a big hit in the Animal's Corner in days Thank You Gordan and I pass it on
This is called; The circle is