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I think about songwriting in the same way as I think about art in general.
It's the process of songwriting that's important - the thought, feeling and artistic expression that goes into a song begins to dissipate from the moment that the song is complete.
A song only has its full integrity at the time of it's first performance, after that it gradually loses its purpose until eventually it is irrelevant as a work of art.
I'm not sure that Albini sees his work in the same way, but I can understand what he's on about.
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