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Sam Green first started writing as a child, where he was truly inspired by the "skits" the scouts use to sing around the campfires. Perhaps this was the encouragement he needed in his early days. 'At school l was dyslexic. Things I wrote didn't make much sense, and l was always being told off by the teachers for using incorrect grammar,' Sam recalls. 'Then one teacher corrected my spelling and took the trouble to correct the way I wrote certain letters of the alphabet. He liked what I had written and wanted to pin it up on his wall. I was 12 at the time, in the grade eight juniors, it was the first time I had ever been praised for my work. It was a poem which began "Flipping through the pages of our lives....." boy was he impressed 'Because songwriting does not rely a great deal on grammar, more from a creative side, this craft has give Sam a new scope to his life. 'I first realized l could write seriously during the Vietnam War period. Sam Green writes from the heart and soul, his true experiences of life. "I was involved in a motorbike accident in the early 80's. I remember lying there on the hospital and the doctors wanted to amputate my leg. I said then, whatever happens, its in the hands of Lord. I was operated on, the leg was saved and in plaster for eight months. During this time I started writing. I had the time to think about life and the universe." |
