When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.
Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the pen must come in to tighten it up.
As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

