there's a warm wind blowing the stars around ♪ ♪ and i'd really love to see you tonight ♪ in 1968, judy collinsroduced us to one of the era's finest songwriters, joni mitchell. ♪ i've looked at life ♪ from both sides now ♪ from up and down ♪ and still somehow ♪ gonna take a lotta love ♪ to change the way things are ♪ i'm going back someday ♪ ♪ come what may ♪ to blue bayou music can inspire us with sound and emotion. songwriters draw influence from many sources. after moving to colorado in the early '70s, john denver wrote this classic tribute to his new home. ♪ rocky mountain high ♪ ♪ [colorado] ♪ rocky mountain high ♪ ♪ [colorado] ♪ she ran calling ♪ wildfire ♪ she ran calling ♪ wildfire ♪ rocket man ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone ♪ ♪ ♪ and i think it's gonna be a long, long time ♪ some artists shared their deeply personal thoughts and feelings in their songs. bread's david gates was always able to connect words and music in a special way. ♪ if a picture paints a thousand words ♪ ♪ then why can't i paint you? ♪ morning has broken ♪ like the first morning ♪ i learned the truth at sevente