Some Words From Someone Else
Jeff Tweedy Take It Away...
“I’ve realized over the years that a lot of the songs I’ve written have worked as reminders to myself to pay attention to various things. Sometimes I think I’ve figured out how the world works in some small way, and I worry I’ll forget it if I don’t sing it back to myself occasionally. This song, I believe, is going to come in handy for just that purpose.
I’m a person who needs to stay alert to how I’m treating others when I’m not feeling my best. And now that I mention it when I look around, it seems like a lot of us have been taking things out on each other when we would be better served to strive for understanding and empathy. I’m just trying to be honest with myself, and I guess I’m hoping if this song can help me focus on that, maybe someone else could find it useful in the same way.” -Jeff Tweedy
Amen Brother. Gratitude.Understanding.Listening.Compassion.
Be Here Now
You got a lot of that perfectly correct and don’t forget “your ideas aren’t that good and you won’t remember them....write them down” or something like that Tweedy says...
Big hugs
I am listening to Wilco and Jeff Tweedy and whatever else comes on, and just blown away. It's like coming to meet a soul mate friend at the right time in life. When any earlier and you'd murder each other, but much later and you'd miss a bunch of fun. We're all on time! And I'm late to the Wilco bus, but I'm really loving what I've been hearing. And the book "how to write one song" is like poetry. It reminds me of The Artist's Way, the whole point is to use that wonderful creative brain to do just that! Goodness...