She Loves Him Still

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I've often wondered if it's not so much that she changes the meanings, but that she changes which aspect of the meanings she chooses to talk to about. We know that many of her songs were written about more than one experience and/or person, so perhaps sometimes she feels more interested in discussing one aspect of a song's inspiration as opposed to another aspect. (Such as how she sometimes discusses the Tom & Jane Petty inspiration for "Edge," and sometimes she discusses the John Lennon/John Nicks aspect.)

That's an extremely good articulation of what I was getting at. I see no definitive subject/person in the way she writes her songs. The beauty of her impressionistic approach is that everyone can interpret them in their own way...like a photograph so rare, like a painting. In her liner note of the Enchanted, referring to her songs, she writes something like "I hope you find a message, an answer...you know I love that."
Clearly, there are many answers!

Sorry for the unintended derailment of this thread, which was started just about the song She Loves Him Still. But it sparked an interesting and thoughtful discussion about the inner-workings of Stevie's song craft.