In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an experience that you might have gone through, and write it down.
“I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.”
“For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.”