Words Without Music: A Memoir wilco and succumbing to the pressures

and succumbing to the pressures of fame and fortune—which eventually forced the band to break up

as the child “glimpses and gleans

Although Exile in Guyville was celebrated as one of the year's top records by Spinand the New York Times

Mike McCready

Words Without Music: A Memoir wilco and succumbing to the pressuresAuthor: Philip Glass The long awaited memoir by the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers (New York Times). Warm, low key and often delightful. A portrait of a composer who rose to prominence almost entirely outside of the usual institutions. Words Without Music reads the way Mr. Glasss compositions sound at their best: propulsive, with a surreptitious emotional undertow. Corinna da Fonseca Wollheim, New York Times Lively and