Good thread, Jerry. But I do have a problem with its title, because it implies that we can "control" the creative process - which I, for one, am totally unable to. The best output gives me a feeling of "who opened the window and let that one in?" - it feels like someone else created it, and I was just the tool, the medium.

Am I grateful? YES, definitely! You cannot possibly imagine how much (well, perhaps you can...). It gives meaning to a life to create something that gives pleasure to others while expressing your soul.

Proud? No, definitely not - because they don't feel "mine". I have a theory: Songs (and music, and poems etc) exist "in potential"; they pre-exist, if you like. Now and then, someone, somehow is attuned enough to recognise them and give them physical/aural form. They are just the channel, not the creator.

Having said that, I made sure to register the copyright ;-)