 lifetime of basically not having anyone to talk to. A songwriter really has little in common with others, even musicians, for example. Musicians are the mechanics of our trade. Songwriters are the inventors (or the Thomas Edisons') of our trade. That is quite a difference. I really have little to say to someone that wants to play cover tunes every weekend at a local bar. It makes for very limited conversation. I don't want to hear Sweet Home Alabama or Margaritaville in the next hundred years. On a som