Dry your eyes and take your song out. It's a newborn afternoon. And if you can't recall the singer, You can still recall the tune. Dry your eyes and … - Neil Diamond

"I am," I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am," I cried
"I am," said I
And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still

I'm a writer who performs. And I mean, I'm basically a writer. I've been doing it since I was 16. … For me, the balance between the two, the writing -- a year, two years, whatever it takes to do an album, and then you've had enough of writing and thinking and being introspective and all of that kind of stuff, and you want to get out on the road and you want to, you know, get into the physicality of performing.

Song sung blue, everybody knows one.
Song sung blue, every garden grows one. Me and you are subject to
The blues now and then.
But when you take the blues
And make a song,
You sing 'em out again.