Michael Stipe
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
The Music Existed First, Did It Exist?
"I don't know why it has so much emotional resonance. It's one of these songs that, when you hear it, the world stops," he says. "You're put in the place of wherever this song is happening, and you're in the void of the song." The singer-songwriter was inspired by Peter peter who tried to play a mandolin for the first time.
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