The 1960s songwriter David Crosby always wanted to write like
Not his style of writing.
Author: Tim Coffman
Mac DeMarco posts statement about Primavera cancellation: “It was full pandemonium”
Never getting to perform.
The one genre Brian Johnson found hard to stomach: “I don’t wanna hear it”
The wrong kind of feeling.
The singer Phil Collins knew made the greatest love songs: “Some of the best”
The miserable side of romance.
The one frontman Bob Dylan thought was trying too hard: “You don’t have to do that”
The wrong kind of energy.
The 1984 song Linda Ronstadt wanted to sing forever: “Every chance I get”
The best kind of pop music.
“I loved doing that”: The 1996 song Tom Petty called the “greatest compliment”
The highest kind of praise.
“Very smarmy”: The yacht rock icons Phil Collins couldn’t stand watching
Looks too big for his head.
The 1967 song that became Keith Richards’s favourite to play: “There was a wisdom in it”
That jaded country heart.
