Pronouns are the enemy of improv.
me, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive. Each is all three.
The pronoun is one of the most terrifying masks man has invented.
We are literally linked in a circle, including with nature, as well as with other human beings. Old societies didn't have and still don't have "he" and "she. " They don't have gendered pronouns. They don't have a word for nature, because we're not separate from nature.
Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?
I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!
You will eat this and go to sleep, so your pronouns get their antecedents back.
All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.
When I tour with a band, things get more unconscious and more automatic as the tour goes on. Music has to be like natural speech. It's probably like learning a foreign language. Thinking about the use of pronouns is not the passionate part of communicating with people.
Pronouns are only useful when you combine them with other words. I have a few I can give you, if you're at a loss.
Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.
The old languages - at least the ones I know - don't have gender. They don't have gendered pronouns. There's no "he" and "she. " A human being is a human being.
