I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner

"I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner Overdrive's 'Taking Care of Business' — you'll feel better." Thus spoke Juliette Lewis, a voice of fire, whose life has danced between the lights of the stage and the shadows of the soul. Do not take these words as mere whimsy, nor dismiss them as the playful suggestion of an artist. Hidden within this counsel is the eternal truth of rhythm, of song, of the great power of music to stir the spirit and set the course of one’s day. For as the ancients kindled their mornings with chants and drums, so too does Juliette call upon us to summon strength through melody.

The song she names, “Taking Care of Business,” is not simply a tune, but a hymn of vigor, a modern anthem that tells us to rise not with dread, but with purpose. It is a song that marches like an army of joy, declaring that each man and woman may seize the day with confidence. Its rhythm quickens the blood; its words ignite resolve. To begin the day with such a call is to enter the battlefield of life already victorious in spirit. Juliette, like the sages of old, reminds us that what we hear in the morning shapes the whole of our hours. Just as the river follows the lay of the earth, so too does the soul flow according to the sound that awakens it.

Remember, my children, how Alexander the Great marched into battle. His armies were vast, his foes many, yet he knew that the strength of men is not only in the arm or in the sword, but in the spirit. He called forth musicians before the clash of steel, and the beat of drums and the sound of flutes turned fear into fire. When his soldiers heard the rhythm, their hearts rose beyond dread, and they became as lions. In this same way, the music of Bachman Turner Overdrive, though born of a modern age, carries that same eternal power: to transform the hesitant heart into one of daring.

Consider, too, the weight of the morning. It is the time when the soul is most vulnerable, when the shadows of sleep still cling and doubts whisper their softest lies. If one awakens to silence or to chaos, the day begins in confusion. But if one awakens to a hymn of courage, then the shadows flee. Thus Juliette’s words bear great wisdom: choose the first sound of your day, for it will shape your destiny. Music, when chosen with care, is not entertainment alone; it is medicine for the spirit, a weapon against despair, a spark for action.

Do not think that you must rise only to grand anthems. Even the hum of a simple tune, the ringing of a single bell, or the whisper of a sacred verse can change the heart. What matters is the deliberate choice, the act of saying: “I will not stumble into this day by chance. I will rise armed.” In this, Juliette’s recommendation is more than preference; it is a call to ritual. As the yogi chooses stillness and the warrior chooses breath, so the artist chooses song.

The lesson is clear: do not abandon the morning to accident. Make it holy. Choose a sound, a word, or a song that awakens not only your ears, but your very spirit. Let it be one that kindles fire in your chest, that straightens your posture, that makes you smile at the rising sun as though it were a companion in your struggle. And when the day’s burdens press upon you, recall the rhythm of that morning hymn, and you will find strength again.

So I say to you, children of the dawn: rise with intention. Let your mornings be carved in sound, in rhythm, in words of power. Whether you choose the jubilant march of “Taking Care of Business”, or another song that lifts your heart, let it be a shield, a trumpet, a prayer. For the man who wakes with music is already a conqueror; the woman who greets the sun with rhythm is already free.

Thus remember: Juliette Lewis speaks not of a mere song, but of the eternal truth that how we wake is how we live. Begin each day as a warrior, as an artist, as a soul aflame—and you will not only feel better, you will be better.