I need glasses to read nowadays -books at ahy rate, I make the print very big on my kindle. my memory is stuffed with songs.I don't work professionally any more so the songs that have stayed with me are the ones that I actually liked.

Learning songs is hard graft. Reading them thoroughly to make sure they can work for you. the mindless business of being able to do the words even if a dozen other things are going on in the room. finding out if you can really sell it.

one forgets how bloody hard that is. no one but the young and naïve would embark on it as a way of life.