Yesterday, I was listening to some of the music  by the Byrds,  a rock/ pop band who experienced great fame in the late 1960’s and early seventies.  This is some of the music I grew up with and can assocoiate with  key life experiences.

Something New

A key member of the band was David Crosby who went on to greater fame with Crosby, Stills and Nash followed by a very successful solo career, one that is still underway.

I noticed for the first time that a lot of David’s early songs were questions .  Songs like “Whats Happening”, “Why”, and “Carry On/Questions”

First step toward answers

Although quite simply intuitive, it dawned on me the first step to getting answers is asking the questions.  Without questions there can be no answers as one is the product of the others.

Back in his youth  (early twenties) Crosby had the opportunity to voice his questions in song to a large audience.  This resonated with the audience, many of whom were asking themselves the same thing, probably just not out loud.

And with the passing of time ….?

Many years have passed since these songs were written.  Listening to the lyrics more closely today I find it interesting that most of the ideas being raised continue for me to be unanswered.

To clarify I have points in time where I knew the answers enough to proceed but definitive solution to whats happening, why and how to carry on remain elusive.

I wonder if David found his answers.  Given the progression from hard partying drug addict to sage oldster reflecting on his past I would venture to say “yes” to some extent he has found some meaning but to some extent his search will continue to at least death – as it does for the rest of us.

Continually asking questions is part of life itself and if everything was answered there would be no need for more questions.  You could then postulate the circular argument, no more questions, no need to keep on living.

So keep on asking those questions.