I think all of this is simpler than we assume

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

She didn't take care of her amazing voice when she had it, instead mucking it up with drugs and cigarettes and booze and not resting properly etc.

Changing a verb tense is a crime?? Stevie's songs often could benefit from a good editor, as all great writers have had. You think Hemingway didn't have an editor??

To be fair (and I somewhat agree with the rest you said) the first point you made is true for all the three singers of FM and Stevie is the only one who has learned to take consistent care of her voice in the past 20 years, and it's improper to compare Stevie's writing with Hemingway apart from the more obvious reasons also because writing lyrics for a song entails an entirely different medium from writing for a book.