“Your problem is the way that you think about this music. You should enjoy the language, particularly the clever turns of phrase and the metaphors. What you should not do is think about the physiology of what’s happening in many of these songs. Once your brain goes there, it’s too hard for you to come back. This is lesson one. If you can master these, there are more tips coming.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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