Brenda Russel's First Hit Song: The Unforgettable Story Behind 'So Good So Right' | Mick Unplugged

Well, I learned from the very first hit song that I wrote. I was washing dishes. I actually had a dinner party that night and the people are sitting in the living room where the piano is, right? And I'm washing dishes after dinner. And the song is so good, so right. I'm singing in my head. Now wait a minute, I have to write this right now. Because if you get an idea, you gotta write it or it'll go away, right? So I went into the living room where my guests were sitting their after dinner chat. And I sit down at the piano and start writing so good, so right? And there' like shop. I never wrote in front of people, but I had to because I knew if I don't write this right now, I'm going to lose it, right? And that's how I wrote my first hit that taught me, don't have rules about how you write. I have no rules. It's going to come any way it comes. He just said, thank you God and keep moving.