When I read an interview and she said this about rehab,
"I read every Murakami book. I woke up at 6am and swam in the ocean. I didn't have to be on a plane or at sound check. I didn't have to do an interview. I could come back from the beach, sleep 'til four, go see two movies. I started biking with my friends at sunset. Started thinking about getting a dog. I started being a human being."
I just felt drawn to Chan Marshall (Cat Power).
Does it appear presumptuous sometimes the way I feel an inexplicable draw to people I don't know? That I really do believe if I ran into them someday, we would both say hi and insist on a cup of coffee, and end up chatting for hours in the dim lights of a cozy cafe, and end up being best friends?
The explanation could be that you just somehow 'get' the person, or you can identify with her, or you both like the same band, movie, or something. Or to quote from Sleepless in Seattle, "when you meet someone and you're attracted to them, it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as chemistry is just two neuroses knowing that they are a perfect match."
Anyhow, this is an absolutely beautiful song by Chan.
I lean my head slowly to the side, reflect on the camellia on the moss
of the temple, reflect on a cup of tea, while outside the wind is rustling
the foliage, the forward rush of life is crystallised in a brilliant jewel
of a moment that knows neither plans nor future, human destiny is rescued
from the pale succession of days, glows with light at last and, surpassing
time, warms my tranquil heart.