Lady Luck And The Lyricist
February, 1964
While I usually write for the general public, today I would like to address myself, instead, to that small group of starry-eyed young hopefuls who are would-be songwriters, and explain to them why they should throw away their metronomes and go home (if that's where they work, they should leave home): Talent has nothing to do with writing successful music.To write a song is easy. To write a hit song, however, is next to impossible – unless you are properly inspired to think of exactly the right l...
