Inspiration

September 25th, 2009 | By Kal

Behind every good man there’s a good woman. You’ve heard the mantra before.  Is it true?  Well, you tell me, but maybe it’s true in terms of inspiration.

Yesterday, I started thinking about what inspires me to write music.  There were lots of things – a really bad day, a really good day, interesting people, lyrics inspiring me to write a tune and vice versa.  And yes, sometimes members of the opposite sex. This got me on to thinking, “what if?”.

Some say it’s a very difficult question, others a very pointless one, but what if the inspiration had never appeared in certain people’s lives? Things like, it might be pretty important and while we wouldn’t all be floating around, what if that apple hadn’t fallen on Newton’s head.

Music-wise though. What if those women had never accused MJ of being the father of their children? or if John had never met Yoko – but then some would argue that, rightly or wrongly, that wouldn’t be such a bad thing anyway.

So maybe it’s a case of being the right person, in the right place at the right time?  Or would the great artists have just written about something else?

I hope that wasn’t too abstract!