That was a good point, it could well be that no so good good treatment of a subject does inspire folk to do a better job of it.

You are still left with the problem of not really knowing, or of how to judge, if you have done a better job.

The songs that I am most pleased with, even if no one else may think so, are as a result of the following process.

I have something to say, I want to say it and I manage to say it in that song.

I am lucky that unlike most of those listed, I do not have to produce new material to order. Like being contracted to do so for a nwe CD. It is great credit to those on the list and others, that they can and do still manage to write memorable songs, under such circumstances.