Re: Poll: Beatles or Beach Boys?

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>> > I know The Beatles were not formally educated musically; how about
The
>> > Beach Boys...?
>>
>> There's no need whatsoever to be formally educated in music, to play
>> in a rock band...
>
> I know that.  Oftentimes, formal education can be a hindrance.  Hems
> your imagination in.

I think that's a myth. If you have an imagination, formal education isn't
going to take it away. If you don't have imagination, ignornance isn't
going
to give you one. Look at John Cale, would you say formal education hemmed
his imagination in?

More generally, would you ever say that it's a good thing for a writer to
be
illiterate?