And I wanted to add a thought as one of the replies mentioned Diane Warren. When I hear her name, I often stop and genuflect... HOW DOES SHE DO THAT???? How can she keep cranking these great tunes out? She is on the list of 3 people I would like to have dinner with and mentally record every word of the conversation just to see what makes that creative clock tick for her.

And I am sure someone will ask... the other 2 are Todd Rundgren and Sting. The 4th would be Frank Zappa, but I'm too late for that one. If I had to go 5 it would be Carole King. She could have stopped after Natural Woman and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and been one of my favorite writers ever.

But Diane Warren.... good god I lost count of her hits. By so many artists on so many charts.... so many of them borderline anonymous because nobody thinks of Diane Warren and Milli Vanilli in the same cloud. Or Aerosmith...

I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.