Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.
Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think. . . wow. . . I could have done THIS to it, or something.
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?
I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be described as rock's cornerstone. He was the original cool.
Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music
The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.
The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.
It's definitely a difficult thing to capture and I mean, I've seen a ton of movies where I've believed the couple and I've seen a ton of movies where I have not believed them at all. Unfortunately, as an audience member, you check out if you don't believe them.
One difference between a conviction and a prejudice is that a conviction can be explained without getting angry.
After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each other's throats.