Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Layne Webbis an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". He has had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, The 5th Dimension, Art Garfunkel, and Richard Harris. In addition, his compositions have been performed by many popular contemporary artists, including America, Johnny Cash, Rosemary Clooney, Joe Cocker, Judy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth15 August 1946
CountryUnited States of America
In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard for you, then that's sick.
I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning full of the spirit. I do believe that it comes to you.
I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.
Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.
I usually know what kind of song I'm after. I know what I'm trying to do when I start. I don't always get there. But I try to visualize what it's actually going to be.
The creative processes are so mysterious.
America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace.
Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong.
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely spaced voicings. Dfferent textures to get very warm chords. Sometimes you're setting up strange chords by placing a chord in front of it that's going to set it off like a diamond in a gold band. It's not just finding interesting chords, it's how you sequence them, like stringing together pearls on a string. ... Interesting chords will compel interesting melodies. It's very hard to write a boring melody to an interesting chord sequence.
What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work.
I think it's prima facie evidence for the existence of God because for me to grow up and actually end up working with Glen Campbell is almost unbelievable.