I can relate to being shy. For years I wouldn't even sing in front of my mother. Don't worry about people making fun of your songs, you are doing something that 98% of the population can't do, write a song,and if you sing them in public,99% of the population can't do that. Writing a song that makes sence is not easy, you have three minutes to tell a story under strict guidelines and do it to music. Most people have trouble writing a good letter or an essay. If someone pokes fun, just hand them your guitar and say,"let's hear your song". It's put up or shut up.

What is great to one is garbage to another and vice versa.The greatest song ever written will find fault from some. They say the first 100 songs are only practice songs anyway, so keep writing and singing,you will improve as time goes by. You never fail when you try, you always fail when you don't try.

The more you taste the bitterness of defeat, the sweeter final victory will be

May the flowers of love forever bloom in your garden of life

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