Words Like Vines

Songwriting is in the air tonight.

Meg had a pile of books in the hallway, and on top was a collection of Dylan interviews.

I found this exchange from a 1991 interview to be interesting:

You said once that the saddest thing about songwriting is trying to reconnect with an idea you started before, and how hard that is to do.

To me it can’t be done. To me, unless I have another writer around who might want to finish it … outside of writing with the Traveling Wilburys, my shared experience writing a song with other songwriters is not that great. Of course, unless you find the right person to write with as a partner …[laughs] … you’re awfully lucky if you do, but if you don’t, it’s really more trouble than it’s worth, trying to write something with somebody.