“Johnny made me feel like I was clever without trying to be. And pretty. And valued. He made everything about me seem more special. Like, say I was a song. Well, Johnny made me feel as though I’d been remixed.… — Kristin Walker Copy Share Image
“A song that Johnny sang once,” explained Katie. As Francie wrote the name, she heard the chords; she heard her father singing, “And ’twas there that Annie Laurie.”…Papa…Papa…. “…a song, he said, that belonged to a better world,” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
