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