340 - Don McLean: Why You Should Follow Your Instincts

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James Altucher

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🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Don McLean is a singer and songwriter best known for the song, "American Pie." But he’s so much more than just this one hit. He’s sold 40 platinum and gold records and he’s still touring(!). And now he’s kicking off his 2 year tour for his new...

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:10.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.0	You have a beautiful sense of nostalgia and the meaning we can derive from it to learn
0:23.0	about our present circumstances and I think this comes out in a lot of your songs and
0:28.1	your lyrics.
0:29.1	I wonder if you've ever felt that way about yourself.
0:31.7	You transformed a style into music and arts and how.
0:34.3	Well, thank you.
0:36.0	I don't really know what I'm doing.
0:37.7	I only do what interests me.
0:39.4	I'm the only right song and make melodies that I want to hear back.
0:43.8	I'm not trying to do anything for anybody else.
0:45.6	I'm doing it for me.
0:47.2	So when you were beginning your career, what were your instincts?
0:56.3	I've got on Don McLean who you probably know.
1:00.5	Don, you probably hear this everywhere, but you probably know from the beautiful classic
1:05.8	song, American Pie, but you've done 40 other gold and platinum records during your career.
1:12.7	You tore all over the place.
1:14.2	You have a new album coming out, Botanical Gardens and you're going on tour.
1:18.7	Again, 30 cities you mentioned in Europe.
1:20.9	Well, I'm always on tour.
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