I listened to an interview with B. B. King today. The interviewer asked King “Is there anything you wish you could do better?” and King said, “Yeah, sing and play guitar.” He went on to explain that he wasn’t being a smartass — he has always tried to improve, even now, at age 83 and with over 300 records to his credit (the interviewer’s number…not sure how accurate that is).
It struck me that that’s how it should be. It’s kind of refreshing. We hear a lot about how great everyone is nowadays, so much that the word “great” is useless. I like listening to successful artists talk about how they continue to push themselves.
In other news, I watched a doe bathe her fawn in the backyard today. It was a tiny little fawn. A mini-Bambi. I thought, well, some of these residential areas may very well be completely overrun with exploding deer populations, but that’s pretty damn cute.
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I am at my folks’ house today, where there are deer walking through the yard daily. But today there are two crazy little bunnies running all over the yard, in the driveway, through the garage, and even walking on the porch right up to the front door! I half expected them to knock. Very disconcerting.
It could be the start of a bunny revolution…
I love the idea of even a truly great artist constantly striving to get better. And also of adorable deer and bunnies in backyards.
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