Most of the ones I knew well, doing the folk circuit years ago, were all egotistical gits, some of whom couldn't actually carry a tune in a bucket, let alone write lyrics that stuck in your head.

A singer/songwriter is a person who only tells you they wrote the song after they have sung it, and then maybe only if you ask them. Sing the song, get a reaction. If it is a favourable one, admit to the song, if it is not received well, then you've chosen the wrong audience to sing it to, or it is just plain crap. Bin there, dun that.

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