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May
"I always felt that the songs — my favorite songs are usually stories. A lot of times I feel like a song can be an instant. Like a love song, but there is always a setting. Always a sentiment expressed. Always, you know, a moment. And in other songs there can be a whole story. So I think songs are really great, kind of, delivery vehicles for a story. They allow you to make your own conclusions. Good songs never give you everything. So I really believe a song is like an envelope. A novel, you can unfold from a song."
Josh Ritter, musician-cum-novelist, discusses the differences between songwriting and novel writing in an interview with Robert Birnbaum. Ritter’s novel, Bright’s Passage, is out in paperback today. (via millionsmillions)
Josh Ritter played here in February and remains one of the nicest people I’ve met. Buy Bright’s Passage.
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Wisdom is shared via word-imagery such as songs, poetry, story—more than by “just words” as in 2+2=more.
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