Grayson Russell
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
is that I learned early on what stories I can tell well and ones that I just got to leave alone.
Yeah.
That's a good skill to have.
There's somebody else that can play this better than me.
There's somebody else that can tell the story better than me.
There's some that is mine to tell, that I can only communicate at the most effective.
Songwriting is the same way.
Performing is the same way.
My pet peeve here in town is,
watching somebody sing a song and I don't believe that they believe it.
You could sense that?
Yeah.
I mean, you can tell when... Even though the performance might be immaculate, the heart behind whatever it is is disingenuous.
Yeah.
And not that they're not trying to really communicate it effectively.
It's just that I don't believe in what they're singing about.
Or I don't believe that they believe it.
Right.
And so...
For me, it has gone hand in hand in, okay, here are the stories I know can tell well.