QUOTE:Parks' manner of speaking has a similarity with the music he creates, nonchalantly integrating influences from far and wide.
Explaining himself, he blends in metaphors and proverbs: "I'm a black ant on a watermelon." "It's like going from zero to hero." "There may be snow on the roof, but a fire rages within."
When making music, he moves through and fuses musical genres from every direction, finding new points of entry and exit.
Feb 11, 2010 Michelle Broder Van Dyke
http://www.sfbg.com/2010/02/11/gate-so-golden?page=0,0+ Live Review: Van Dyke Parks and Clare & The Reasons
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/02/live_review_van_dyke_parks_and.html
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