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I Think That The Song, The Song "stand By Me" Is One Of Those Songs That... And Someone Asked Me, What Was You Thinking About Or What Was You Feeling About? It's Something That, Songwriters Just Write Songs. It's Like An Artist That Paints. They Paint What They Feel. It's Not, It's Not About How Many Of These Painting I'll Sell It's Just How They Feel At The Moment. And That's How I Wrote "stand By Me".

I Always Felt I Never Chose Music, It Chose Me.

In New York, I Was Excited About The Music In New York Because The Only Music That I Was More Or Less Involved With In The South Was Either Country And Western Or Hillbilly Music As We Used To Call It When I Was A Kid And, Ah, Gospel. There Was No, There Was No In Between. And When I Got To New York All The Other Musics That's In The World Just Came Into My Head Whether It Was The Classics, Jazz, I Never Knew What Jazz Was About All, Had Heard Anything About Jazz.

I Still Perform It In All My Shows. I'll Do It As Long As I'm Breathing. I'm So Proud It Has Stood The Test Of Time.

If You Just Concentrate On What You're Doing And Allow Yourself To Actually Enjoy And Let Your Feelings Come Out, Whatever The Tempos, Whatever The Rhythms, Whatever The Songs, 9 Out Of 10 Times It Will Work.