Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
Tom PettyMusic really isnโt supposed to be perfect. Itโs all about people relating to each other and doing something thatโs really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
Tom Petty