To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.
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As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself.
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