
Best of Design Matters: Michael Stipe
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
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Cocktail Twins - Perfect Circle
I sang using my voice as an instrument. That's something I picked up from Vanessa Briscoe from Pylon. The narrative is within the emotion and the feeling of the voice. It wasn't until Bill Berry left the group in 1996 that I started including all lyrics. When I'm good, I'm a really good lyricist now. And I included all the lyrics on Harborcoat because I was like okay, when I'm bad I'm not mediocre. So better or worse? We'll have to see.
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