How good of a lyricist do you think you are?

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Originally Posted by oats

I agree. I think most great art exists at the crosshairs of many skills and intelligences. Really, genius of any sort tends to do the same IMO, people who are really smart in traditional ways who also see problems in a unique light. Many of our greatest scientific minds in history often described what they did as art.

I like that first sentence. I think that's the best way to describe what makes a good writer, and it's different for every individual case