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Hey Yourself, DADGBE:

How many times have I heard someone play all the notes and sing all the words without a mistake, and never get the song? Thy name is legion. There is an extremely talented guitarist I've booked, and done workshops with who has worked out pristine arrangements of ragtime piano pieces that I could never approach. But, there is absolutely no life in the song. Ragtime without life? Who cares if you get all the notes right. I'd much rather hear someone far less proficient play the same song through, making a mistake here and there who got the feel of the song, and the exuberance and the humor. Sometimes more is less.

Jerry