Joe Henry — Welcoming Flies at the Picnic
On Being with Krista Tippett
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What's the Alchemy of a Song?
The opening line of a song might come to you like a book falling open. Even as you're writing, you're not trying to re articulate a finished thought that stands unogh fully formed in your mind. I don't really think that any of this is that fragile. But it's something that is absolutely mysterious. You know, why some thought as seems to be musical thought. And ts, nat's true. Im like i said, something shoup as a poem, and i just understand that this is not something that would be musical coming out of my mouth,. even if it'st ally something i might write a song about or might show up in a song. That's really
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