The music lets me see the story but the story doesn't let me write the words.

Elizabeth J. Kolodziej
The music lets me see the story but the story...
The music lets me see the story but the story...
The music lets me see the story but the story...
The music lets me see the story but the story...
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In an interview, Tom Waits talks about the importance of the music in his career. The music is what he uses to get into that particular mind set that lets him write his lyrics. He says that when he’s in a writing mood a certain song comes on the radio and gets him in a good mood and when he’s in a writing mood he writes a song.

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