“We really write to understand
More about ourselves
And if we’re lucky maybe then
We touch someone else.”
–Jerry Jeff Walker
I was listening to Jerry Jeff sing this song about a singer who stopped his singing and writing. In the song, he wonders if the artist-friend had enough of the “rip-offs and the jive” or if he lost the will to write. There is another stanza:
“It seems to be much more than art
When the art you sell is you
Be careful how you play the game
Or else the game plays you”
