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