“AM Radio and rock ‘n roll … it was like a thread that ran through my life.” – Mare Winningham to Paul Simon in One Trick Pony
When I heard this line it jumped out of the movie screen and etched a permanent groove in my mind as I realized how true this was for me too. Music, and especially song lyrics, were much more than a thread, however. Music shaped my thoughts and attitudes at least as much as school, parental influence, and peer pressure as I was growing up. My connection to music, and being deeply moved by it, must have started in infancy, though my recollections don’t go back quite that far. Continue reading