Passion

Technical proficiency matters, but passion and feeling matter more.

Anyway, that's what I was thinking when I heard an interview with Nils Lofgren. He was just 17 when Neil Young signed him up to play piano on After The Gold Rush. It turned out Nils could barely play the instrument, but who cares? If it works, it works.

It's almost the same story as Al Kooper's. He was invited to a Bob Dylan session to observe. They're getting ready to record and he says he's got a great organ part worked out, though he barely plays the instrument, and has nothing worked out. The song? "Like A Rolling Stone."