Authors:

One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.

"Music Legend Hal David Passes, But His Lyrics Still Resonate" by Brian Levin, J.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2012.
One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.