Annie Clark (St. Vincent)

Sometimes. Sometimes, yeah. Super hard. And then some songs feel like... They're floating around in the ether and they could have gone to your next door neighbor, but like you were the lucky recipient of them somehow. And New York was one of those songs that the melody and everything, it kind of came rather quickly.

And it was one of those songs that I was, it felt like I just sort of pulled out of the ether more or less fully formed and was like, thank you. Thanks for that. Yeah.

And it was one of those songs that I was, it felt like I just sort of pulled out of the ether more or less fully formed and was like, thank you. Thanks for that. Yeah.

And it was one of those songs that I was, it felt like I just sort of pulled out of the ether more or less fully formed and was like, thank you. Thanks for that. Yeah.

Deeply.

Deeply.

Deeply.

Black Like Me. I read that when I was 13.

Black Like Me. I read that when I was 13.

Black Like Me. I read that when I was 13.

This was not assigned in school.

This was not assigned in school.

This was not assigned in school.

Yes. And he does. And he's, um, brutalized and that something like that. Um, all of these things are empathy exercises. Um, and at its best, that's what, that's what art is. And I really, really, really firmly believe, and I wouldn't be doing what I do if I didn't, um,

Yes. And he does. And he's, um, brutalized and that something like that. Um, all of these things are empathy exercises. Um, and at its best, that's what, that's what art is. And I really, really, really firmly believe, and I wouldn't be doing what I do if I didn't, um,

Yes. And he does. And he's, um, brutalized and that something like that. Um, all of these things are empathy exercises. Um, and at its best, that's what, that's what art is. And I really, really, really firmly believe, and I wouldn't be doing what I do if I didn't, um,

that art, music, theater, film, I believe that those things change people's minds and make them more human and remind them of their humanity and thus the humanity of others.

that art, music, theater, film, I believe that those things change people's minds and make them more human and remind them of their humanity and thus the humanity of others.

that art, music, theater, film, I believe that those things change people's minds and make them more human and remind them of their humanity and thus the humanity of others.

Yeah. I mean, children have... They might not have the lexicon to describe the emotions that they feel and the things they're intuiting, but they have all of the same emotions just in this tiny body. And I had... a lot of the anxiety emotion. I have a lot of fear. Um, and so hearing the kind of purge of that fear through Kurt Cobain and nevermind and, um, was liberating.