All Songs +1: What Song Changed Your Life?

Is there a song that changed the way you think about life? A song that changed your path? I've been thinking a lot about this the past few years and I've posed that question to 35 musicians. Their answers are in a book I just wrote: Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It. On this All Songs Considered +1 podcast, I'll read you my introductory chapter and tell you the song that set me on a path from failed guitar player and college drop-out to creating and hosting NPR's first online program, All Songs Considered and later Tiny Desk Concerts.

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