the music you hear in your head

8th July 2016 | for Creatives | music, writing, Tom Spangauer  |       

the music you hear in your head

"When you go to the page you fuck up the music you hear in your head, and by fucking it up, you come to hear what that music sounds like.  Then you can begin to change."

— Tom Spangauer

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