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He did say, don't go, but he didn't want to restrict me from considering going at the same time. And it was a difficult decision for me. I kept hemming and hawing on whether I should or shouldn't or whether I wanted to or not. It was difficult. Why did you go?
In the end, I think I went for many reasons, one being because I couldn't stand the arguments anymore that were going on in my own head of, should I or shouldn't I? And it did seem like a good thing to do, a real opportunity. And also the village was getting oppressive in many ways. Greenwich Village. Yes, Greenwich Village was getting oppressive. It was so much the folk music thing.
In the end, I think I went for many reasons, one being because I couldn't stand the arguments anymore that were going on in my own head of, should I or shouldn't I? And it did seem like a good thing to do, a real opportunity. And also the village was getting oppressive in many ways. Greenwich Village. Yes, Greenwich Village was getting oppressive. It was so much the folk music thing.
In the end, I think I went for many reasons, one being because I couldn't stand the arguments anymore that were going on in my own head of, should I or shouldn't I? And it did seem like a good thing to do, a real opportunity. And also the village was getting oppressive in many ways. Greenwich Village. Yes, Greenwich Village was getting oppressive. It was so much the folk music thing.
And I wasn't a musician, and I couldn't keep on obsessing about folk music the way the musicians would. So it also seemed like a nice way to get away. And it was only going to be for three months maximum, but I ended up staying a good eight months. Because when I was there, I was no longer in this... I kind of see it as in these small, smoky taverns.
And I wasn't a musician, and I couldn't keep on obsessing about folk music the way the musicians would. So it also seemed like a nice way to get away. And it was only going to be for three months maximum, but I ended up staying a good eight months. Because when I was there, I was no longer in this... I kind of see it as in these small, smoky taverns.
And I wasn't a musician, and I couldn't keep on obsessing about folk music the way the musicians would. So it also seemed like a nice way to get away. And it was only going to be for three months maximum, but I ended up staying a good eight months. Because when I was there, I was no longer in this... I kind of see it as in these small, smoky taverns.
I was out in the bright sunshine with people from all over the world my age, and I was hearing all this other kind of music and other poets, and I was trying to read. I remember trying to read Rimbaud in French and trying to just absorb. It was like a college experience. I hadn't gone to college, and this time that I spent in Perugia and this atmosphere was
I was out in the bright sunshine with people from all over the world my age, and I was hearing all this other kind of music and other poets, and I was trying to read. I remember trying to read Rimbaud in French and trying to just absorb. It was like a college experience. I hadn't gone to college, and this time that I spent in Perugia and this atmosphere was
I was out in the bright sunshine with people from all over the world my age, and I was hearing all this other kind of music and other poets, and I was trying to read. I remember trying to read Rimbaud in French and trying to just absorb. It was like a college experience. I hadn't gone to college, and this time that I spent in Perugia and this atmosphere was
of international students, and I had also found an art academy, a small art academy that I went to. It was just thrilling.
of international students, and I had also found an art academy, a small art academy that I went to. It was just thrilling.
of international students, and I had also found an art academy, a small art academy that I went to. It was just thrilling.
Most of the songs that he's written, I hate to say, oh, this is written about me or this. But that's a good example of a song that is a fiction based on an experience he was going through.
Most of the songs that he's written, I hate to say, oh, this is written about me or this. But that's a good example of a song that is a fiction based on an experience he was going through.
Most of the songs that he's written, I hate to say, oh, this is written about me or this. But that's a good example of a song that is a fiction based on an experience he was going through.
Yes. So that's a good example of how it becomes art, your life experience. You translate it into art. It serves a purpose for the music you're making or the art you're making.
Yes. So that's a good example of how it becomes art, your life experience. You translate it into art. It serves a purpose for the music you're making or the art you're making.
Yes. So that's a good example of how it becomes art, your life experience. You translate it into art. It serves a purpose for the music you're making or the art you're making.
I think I had a pair, though, of boots of Spanish leather at some point.