I've had the pleasure of interviewing Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention, Albion Band) a couple of times. The last time we spoke was when he was playing with the Dylan Project.
Master guitarist Nicol explained the reason he gave up trying to write his own songs was because he listened to Bob Dylan's and decided he could never write anything as good as those, so what would be the point?
I've just started reading Haruki Murakami's three-volume "1Q84" and I think I'm feeling similar... What would be the point of trying to write the great novel, when one could never match Murakami's genius?
(Mind you, I did once manage to find a "third way", by paying tribute to Murakami in music... with a song called Murakami's Blues.)
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