{"text":"People listening to songs are like people reading novels: for a few minutes, for a few hours, someone else gets to come in and hijack that part of your brain that's always thinking. A good book or song kidnaps your interior voice and does all the driving. With the artist in charge you're free for a little while to leave your body and be someone else.","author":"Douglas Coupland","tags":["artist","books","brain","hijack","songs"],"id":6274,"author_id":"Douglas+Coupland"}