“A lot of times, you’ll hear a song and it will immediately take you to that moment in time…”

What role, if any does music play in my life? Music has always been a big part of my life. My mother’s side of the family specifically is very musical. They played a lot of instruments, got together and sang, and did all sorts of things back in the day. So, music holds a special place for me. 

Sometimes it’ll inspire you, sometimes it’ll bring you to tears, sometimes, you know, a lot of times, you’ll hear a song and it will immediately take you to that moment in time when you first heard it or was something special particularly important about that particular song. I’ve got a song. Every time I hear of Carly Simon sing “You’re So Vain”, it was playing on every radio I could hear when I was in the Marine Corps boot camp back in the 1973. So every time I hear that song, for many years I was immediately transported back in my mind to boot camp. It still holds a special place in my heart for me because of that.

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