The Power of Song

Lyrics is by far the most powerful medium we have and a great song is to my mind without questionnaire exception the highest art form that human beings have. What we seek in art is this tension between technical virtuosity on the one hand and signs of the individual vibration, the idiosyncratic vibration of an individual. Jimi Hendrix was a hugely virtuosic adept blues guitarist but it was only when he discovered the power of amplifier distortion that he becameJimi Hendrix. We love people who can hit every note perfectly because we immediately identify with their unique voice. The thing I do about writing music's not just about physical performance, It's also about the thing I doabout writing