Fast Car Lyrics: What Do They Mean?

The song Fast Car came on the radio, and I thought, “Man, this sounds familiar.” It was like I already knew the lyrics, intrinsically, but the voice seemed so different than how I remembered it. I sang along to the parts I knew, told my wife I needed to look it up when I gotContinue reading “Fast Car Lyrics: What Do They Mean?”

Steve Jobs

(Said of Steve Jobs and the meetings he led) “We would be nodding our heads and getting excited and say, ‘Yes, yes, this will be great! And then he would leave and we would consider it for a moment and then say, ‘What the heck was he thinking!’ He was so weirdly charismatic that youContinue reading “Steve Jobs”

Creativity (Bob Dylan)

Back in August of last year, I wrote a post on Bob Dylan. I talked about his lyrical genius and his ability to pack so much thought into a single song. Today, I want to talk about Dylan more broadly. I want to look at his creative ability, both in music and beyond. First, forContinue reading “Creativity (Bob Dylan)”