I’ve seen William Blake mentioned twice in two days.
Last night Kris Kristofferson mentioned him as the reason for leaving his old life behind and moving to Nashville, working as a janitor at the studio, while trying to be a songwriter.
“If you, who are organized by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, refuse, and bury your talent in the earth, even though you should want natural bread,—sorrow and desperation pursue you through life, and after death shame and confusion of face to eternity. Every one in eternity will leave you, aghast at the man who was crowned with glory and honour by his brethren, and betrayed their cause to their enemies. You will be called the base Judas who betrayed his friend!'—Such words would make any stout man tremble, and how then could I be at ease? But I am now no longer in that state, and now go on again with my task, fearless, though my path is difficult. I have no fear of stumbling while I keep it.”
Last night Kris Kristofferson mentioned him as the reason for leaving his old life behind and moving to Nashville, working as a janitor at the studio, while trying to be a songwriter.
Around 42m mark:
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/episode-6-will-th...
Unfortunately there’s a long ad at the beginning.
The quote was from this:
“If you, who are organized by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, refuse, and bury your talent in the earth, even though you should want natural bread,—sorrow and desperation pursue you through life, and after death shame and confusion of face to eternity. Every one in eternity will leave you, aghast at the man who was crowned with glory and honour by his brethren, and betrayed their cause to their enemies. You will be called the base Judas who betrayed his friend!'—Such words would make any stout man tremble, and how then could I be at ease? But I am now no longer in that state, and now go on again with my task, fearless, though my path is difficult. I have no fear of stumbling while I keep it.”