For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?
I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be described as rock's cornerstone. He was the original cool.
Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music
The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.
As kids, there's somehow the fear that these bullies can end your life if they want to. Everything is blown up, and occasionally that kind of awful thing does happen.
It's mean to make fun of anybody for the way they look.
The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it.
There is someone that I love even though I don't approve of what he does. There is someone I accept though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is. . . . . . me.