“People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.”
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Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.
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It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.
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Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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