Janice and I are mountain bikers. We enjoy demanding tough trails that require a lot of aerobic and anaerobic output. It sounds counter intuitive but often there is a zen like aspect of intense exercise on a bike. You are totally focused on the trail but somehow you are set free. It is this point that a lyric idea will often come to me. If it seems to be a really good idea (and I’m not racing smile ) I’ll slow long enough to tell Siri to make a note.

Otherwise I’ll occasionally hear a phrase watching a movie or conversing with someone that seems to stick. I’ve never just sat down to write a song sans an idea. I’m neither that creative or prolific.

I have a friend on this forum who will tell me that “the song truck backed up this weekend and dumped a load in my lap.” And they are invariably great. I wish!

Bud