"The more things change the more they stay the same." The longer I live the more I see the truth In this statement. And the truth I see is that as the day to day passes, while the years roll on, our lives are full of repetition... repetition in choices, repetition in words, repetition of body and mind.
As an artist, and a singer and songwriter. I see this repetition in paint, in color, and in song rolling off my lips. I'm from East Tennessee this means a lot of things to different people. To me, it means a big family, a mild climate, an accent, a thank you and your welcome. It means part of an old hymn. "Lord lead me on from day to day I want to walk the holy way though friends forsake me all alone, I ask the Lord to lead me on..."
It means modesty.
It means character.
What can I say about my music but that it is intertwined with my life. The songs I have written, the songs I will write... These words I know because I have either lived them or seen them or felt them over and over, over and over, over and over again. I've seen many things. Some people would say I was naive. Maybe naive is a choice. I believe in beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Can you see it?
Want me to try and show you?
I will.
With repetition, with a country song, with a smile, with a jazzy phrase I heard in a movie, with some fancy chords a man showed how to play. With some truth. With some lies.
"Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord you hem me in Behind and Before"-Psalm 139
The Rockers are offering Land of the Free as a free download during the Independence Day weekend as a gesture of support for the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and their families. We are releasing the song ahead of schedule to support our American heroes. God bless the USA!
Hey! Just letting you know I've got some of your music up on my myspace... I love listenin to your pretty voice! Maybe we'll see ya at the Down Home Saturday!
