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It was a letter from a desperate young songwriter
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Love, Tom

It was a letter froma desperate young songwriter asking for advice

It was a letter from
a desperate young songwriter asking for advice

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It was a letter from a desperate young songwriter
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asking for advice.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:27
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Productions,Sony Music Entertainment

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Based on Douglas' acceptance speech given at the 2014 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he shares personal anecdotes as the backstory for his most famous songs.
I could tell that the rejection, - Love, Tom 00:09
I could tell that the rejection,
So, I did what any good writer does. I wrote him back. - Love, Tom 00:07
So, I did what any good writer does. I wrote him back.
"Dear friend, you asked me why the hell am I here. - Love, Tom 00:06
"Dear friend, you asked me why the hell am I here.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." - Love, Tom 00:09
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...
Create. A verb which means to bring something into existence. - Love, Tom 00:07
Create. A verb which means to bring something into existence...
People have often asked me about the creative process. - Love, Tom 00:05
People have often asked me about the creative process.
You're soaping up your armpits and suddenly you realize - Love, Tom 00:08
You're soaping up your armpits and suddenly you realize
And when that happens, something cracks inside your skull - Love, Tom 00:17
And when that happens, something cracks inside your skull
And the next thing you do, I mean the very next thing, - Love, Tom 00:07
And the next thing you do, I mean the very next thing,
You have to get your soapy ass to a piano, - Love, Tom 00:06
You have to get your soapy ass to a piano,
Hell, even a set of water glasses - Love, Tom 00:08
Hell, even a set of water glasses
That little ditty that you're humming in your head - Love, Tom 00:10
That little ditty that you're humming in your head
So you have to hold it down by those tiny little wings - Love, Tom 00:07
So you have to hold it down by those tiny little wings
And then you look up and you realize - Love, Tom 00:09
And then you look up and you realize
And there she stands with her bags packed - Love, Tom 00:15
And there she stands with her bags packed
It's shredded and thrown up into the air like confetti, - Love, Tom 00:09
It's shredded and thrown up into the air like confetti,
So you get in the shower the next morning - Love, Tom 00:16
So you get in the shower the next morning
And suddenly you realize you're humming a tune. - Love, Tom 00:06
And suddenly you realize you're humming a tune.
There's something in that whole damned drama - Love, Tom 00:06
There's something in that whole damned drama
The struggle can't be all for nothing. - Love, Tom 00:06
The struggle can't be all for nothing.