Joe King

First song I learned was Come As You Are.

But once she gave me the guitar, I couldn't stop.

I couldn't put it down.

And it just, I just started writing, writing, you know, learned Nirvana.

And then I just started writing songs.

So it just wasn't like a thought out thing.

But also it's interesting because I didn't know that I was, that I was supposed to, I was supposed to do that.

It just, it's interesting when I, when I look back, even talking about it now that like it took someone giving me an instrument, you know, or, or like providing something, you know,

uh, in life that you weren't expecting.

And, and it changes the course of your life.

It was just, it was a, it was a, it was called a Franciscan, just a acoustic guitar, like not expensive, like just kind of a cheap one.

I have thanked her a thousand times and she is such a wonderful light to this day in my life.

And she feels like this sense of like, you know, pride too and shared story that like,

She influenced, you know, me becoming a musician by giving me an instrument.

And that's also something that like, you know, I've wanted to help when I can.

Like I went back to my middle school, for instance, you know, a few years back and tried to like, you know, talk to the kids about music, talked about like, you know, instruments and just like getting an instrument done.

in kids hands like give them the opportunity to like pick up something yes and and play just to see because like you don't know in life until you try you know and like if you don't try you'll definitely never know yeah so yeah it was it was it was

It was a lucky gift that she gave me.

thought that for you and it look what came pouring out of you after it's pretty amazing it's so true so and it does it takes other people I think you can't see yourself clearly right you're right like we're kind of blinded to who we who we who we are yeah in some ways

And then others can see it before you can.