Creativity Quote by Jim Capaldi

“Traffic was very, very free. It was great” lands like a tossed-off line, but it’s doing the quiet work of mythmaking. Jim Capaldi is ostensibly talking about getting around easily, yet the phrasing can’t help but echo his band’s name: Traffic. The joke is accidental or sly, depending on how charitable you want to be, but it’s effective either way. Repeating “very, very” gives it the casual emphasis of someone reliving a moment of relief, the way musicians talk in interviews when they’re not polishing an answer for posterity. It’s not poetry; it’s the anti-poetry that signals authenticity.

The subtext is a small fantasy of freedom in a profession built on schedules, routes, venues, and the grind of moving bodies and gear from one obligation to the next. For a touring musician, “free traffic” isn’t just about roads; it’s a rare absence of friction. The world briefly cooperates. That’s why the second sentence is so blunt: “It was great.” No metaphor, no caveats, just a hit of uncomplicated pleasure.

Contextually, it also reads as a snapshot of an older rock-world sensibility where the banal details of travel become the true setting of the story. Fans want the transcendence; the artist remembers the commute. Capaldi’s line punctures romantic narratives of the road while still celebrating the smallest mercies it occasionally offers.