Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.
I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.
I started to see this common theme with the songs that I was writing or co-writing, and it all had this really strong, independent point of view that I had subconsciously been craving from the music scene.
There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.
I think I got turned onto The Beach Boys for the first time with the 'Endless Summer' album in 1974. The power of that music still, to this day, bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. You don't have to think about it; it's something that you feel.
We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.
I think I drift toward sad love songs.
It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever.