Today’s Songwriting Tip: If people say your ideas are wrong, then you’re probably one step ahead. If they laugh at you, then you’re probably two steps ahead. Great artists aren’t always understood in their own time, but if you write songs on your own terms, you’ll never have regrets.

Of course, if you’re trying to be commercially successful, it’s probably best if people aren’t laughing at your songs (unless that’s your intention). The point, however, is that if you’re writing songs that are on the cutting edge, you can’t worry too much about how the wider world criticizes them.

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