I keep journals mainly as a place to write my songs; plenty of parts of songs though, ideas for songs, phrases, etc. When I started writing I was just finding I'd write on a bit of paper and soon it's just a mess, and of course you can't find anything specific when you want to. So it was just a way of getting organized. gradually it has turned into a journal; when I'm pissed off or something, or have an idea, or revelation, it's a place to go. I still find I write on napkins, etc., but if it's a keeper, I glue it in. What's neat is, after a few years, to go back through and try to play through some stuff, say during a dry spell. some of it is such crap, but you also find some nice surprizes. Not that it's a daily regimen or anything, but I don't think I could do without one now. SB