![]() ![]() And suddenly I would be a lot less depressed than if I'd just sat around being a little bit self-indulgent and letting my misery eat away at me until I become an emotional wreck and, and creatively completely moribund. Give me a minute, and I'll be right with you. ![]() But then, after months of brooding, I would find a lyricist, and write a song about how horribly depressed I was, and it would be a big hit and everyone would love me and I'd make lots of money. She had just dragged her T-shirt over her head and flipped to CBS when the doorbell rang. Dylan walks up to you and says "You are a horrible songwriter." How do you react? Verse 1 I don't know why she won't love me Lord, please tell me why Maybe it's that she don't love me Or could it be she's shy Chorus If she's shy then I'll understand I'll make. Well, first of all, I do know Smokey a little bit and he's far too nice a gentleman to ever say such a thing. you know, Smokey came up to you and said, "Alex Fletcher, you are a horrible song writer"? How would you react? Okay, what if one of your heroes came up to you and said. Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, The Beatles. You know what I would say to you and Mr Sloan Cates? I'd say that you can take all the novels in the world, and not one of them will make you feel as good as quickly as "I got sunshine, on a cloudy day / when it's cold outside, I got the month of May." That is real poetry. ![]()
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