“We were on a tour, and there were some chord formations that were tough for me to play when I was a kid...it had become apparent that there was some stuff I wanted to do that [would require me] to learn how to do that. So I wrote the song and used some of these chord formations so I would have to play them. I thought it would be a great teaching vehicle for a while, and it was, but it ended up as a performance song.” WritingPlayWould BeKidsWantedUsedSongStuffTeachingToughPerformancesSongwritingVehicleChordsFormationGreat Teaching Author:Jorma Kaukonen
“I started with the chorus of that song, kind of like a fun bouncy thing to play, and then one of the lines popped up: 'I got things to do today, people to see, things to say.' I wrote about a dozen verses for it, but no song needs to be that long unless you're Bob Dylan. So when we recorded it I started to tear it down to some of the lines I thought were the funniest.” PeopleNeedsWritingKindLongPlayTodaySongFunLinesTearsThings To DoSongwritingDozenBobVersesDylanChorus Author:Jorma Kaukonen
“Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I agree with Jim [Lauderdale] in that I think the really good ones are songs that when you hear it [sic]...there's just something about it that touches your heart, and you don't know why.” ThinkingKnowsWritingHeartSongStupidAgreeSongwritingReally Stupid Author:Jorma Kaukonen
