"... it is because sympathy is but a living again through our own past in a new form, that confession often prompts a response of confession."

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So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a song then, even one like Don't Bother Me, helps to get rid of some subconscious burden. Writing a song is like going to confession.

— George Harrison