My Father’s Gun – Heart of Loia `'.,°~

🎧 Two Elton John Covers

You can teach someone to play an instrument or they can teach themselves and if the talent is there then they can become quite good depending on what they are willing to give to it.

But you can’t teach heart.

All you can do is tell them about it and it’s something they have to find inside themselves.

It’s a pouring out of yourself to the listener.

I’m not saying I have it but it’s what you want.

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He said, “Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing? Have you paid your dues? Can you moan the blues? Can you bend them guitar strings?” He said, “Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside? ‘Cause if you’re big star bound, let me warn ya, it’s a long, hard ride”

—David Alan Coe, The Ride

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