Artist or Songwriter?

I was wondering how many of you regard yourselves as performing artists who write and how many are ‘pure’ songwriters who perform occasionally if at all?

I think many of us here are a mix — it’s interesting to me because I sometimes find myself trying to write generic lyrics that can have universal appeal and singability but I worry that they are a bit bland.

Then I might write a more personal song that only I would perform and is probably borderline unintelligible.

How do you find the right balance?

/edwin

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