Lyrics Inspiring Musicians – The Teenage Years (Commentary) - Vince Gill

You know there were some kids
I remember some people, um, that came along
That I thought were as good then as they ever got
You know, and you know Mark O'Connor was one of those kids
Just a child prodigy musician that was
He was, he was astounding at 12 years old
Obviously, he got better, but at 12 it was staggering, you know

Stuart Duncan another one, you know Ricky and Marty
All those guys that I kinda grew up with
And knocked around with
And those teenage years and played in bands
And we played the festivals and

There were so many great inspiring musicians to be around
That it was, once again it was
It gave me an awful lot of courage to try
Because there were so many great young ones
That were knocking around