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People often ask me what inspired me to write The Rose. Here is the story:
I was driving down the freeway one afternoon, some time in 1970-something.

I was listening to the radio.

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A song came on the radio. It was “MAGDALENA” by Danny O’Keefe, sung by Leo Sayer. I liked it immediately. My favorite line was “Your love is like a razor.

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My heart is just a scar.”I thought,”Ooh, I love that lyric.”

As I continued to drive down the road the thought came, I don’t agree with the sentiment. I don’t think love is like a razor. (I was younger then.) What, then, do I think love is?

Suddenly, it was as if someone had opened a window in the top of my head. Words came pouring in.

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I had to keep reciting them to myself as I drove faster and faster towards home, so I wouldn’t forget them. I screeched into my drive way, ran into the house, past various bewildered dogs and cats and husbands, and sat down at the piano.

Ten minutes later, THE ROSE was there.

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