Manuscript Originals - a brief history as told by Graham Nash, partner -

 

"In 1992, I was asked to donate a personal item for an auction that was being held by a local school near my home in the Hawaiian Islands. It was a fund-raiser to replace the school's athletic gear that had been destroyed by the ravages of Hurrican Iniki. I had a photograph of my friend, Joni Mitchell, which I had taken some years before and, in an effort to make it a little more special, I thought that I'd handwrite the lyrics to the chorus of my song "Our House" around the margin of the photograph.

 

On the night of the auction, I was very pleased to watch this piece raise several thousand dollars for the children at the school. Afterwards, I approached the woman who had purchased the piece and told her that I was genuinely overwhelmed that she would pay so much for the photo with the chorus of my song on it. She smiled and said, 'Mr. Nash, you're making a mistake. You may think that this is your song, but it is really my song. Years ago, my boyfriend put this song on the turntable, dropped down on one knee and then proposed to me. Now, I have a piece of that song and a moment that I'll cherish forever'.

 

That incident was instrumental to the inception of our company, Manuscript Originals. All I know is that songs are the most-powerful tools imagineable and they serve to bring us all to a place where we can experience shared memories and emotions. Manuscript Originals was established to celebrate the work of great songwriters throughout the world and to honor classic songs that continue to endure throughout time."