It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can.
I think that a song, when it works, never mind a piece of long form music, even a song is something that speaks to itself but has a language all of its own, ideally.