I always say that I don't write songs - they appear.

I never know what the inspiration was but a song often comes into my head almost complete with words and tunes.

The same thing happens when I am reading poetry and suddenly discover that, instead of a poem, I now have a song as a tune has attached itself to the words

Because I am not writing specifically for myself I often find it difficult to sing my own material
It doesn't make learning the words easier either