Sample Me
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Sample Me

Generally when a song of mine is sampled (or licensed for advertising) I want to make sure it doesn’t taint the integrity of the copyright by incorporating (or associating it with) something vulgar or offensive. Other than that I’m pretty open to giving it the thumbs up. In fact a while back my co-writer’s publisher turned down a use for “What a Girl Wants” in a Tampon ad. Truth be told I wouldn’t have had a problem with that. After all, what more could a girl want than a tampon when she needs one? It’s only natural. 🙂


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Slow Down The World
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Slow Down The World

Last week in Nashville, I ran into someone I wrote a song with over 20 years ago and I remembered the whole hook. But songs I wrote a year ago? Forget it. Why?

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Confessions.