Hmm...
as I said before, I tend to agree with what Bill wrote; I think that every form of art, at its deepest level, is an universal language and, thus, must be able to speak to everybody, more or less, depending on the degree of perception the listener has developed.
Frankly, I don't believe into the stereotype of the artist who lives on the top of a mountain, looking down onto the outside world which is unable to understand what he is trying to say.
At a compositional level, to me the real "art" is not a rational process, but has more to do with the left side of the brain, i.e. the so called unconscious, the intuition or whatever you call it.
You may or not like them as human beings, but I consider Paul McCartney, Elton John, Phil Collins, Billy Joel great songwriters, whose songs reach deeply into the listeners.
Elton John once was asked, during an interview, to explain his composing process; his reply was, more or less: "I usually sit down at the piano and start to play; if nothing good comes during the next 20 minutes I quit, because I know that it's not going to be a good day".
This, more or less, is on the same level as Paul McCartney saying that he woke up one morning with "Yesterday" already written in his mind.
(...frankly I believe that he put some work also in the post-dreaming phase...)

Two final remarks for my friend Terry: if someone asks for an opinion about his songs and someone else (like Scott) takes the time and the pain to reply in a constructive way, you cannot simply say "That's the way I compose", because then Scott (or anyone else) could reply "Fine, then why did you ask for an opinion?"
I know that Terry has a desire to leave a musical legacy behind, but I have a feeling that sometimes he is priviledging quantity over quality. Some of his songs are remarkable, but he simply leaves them there, kind of rough and unfinished (to my ears); like Scott once wrote, they are more sketches of musical ideas, but Terry unfortunately does not take the time and the pain to perfect them. He is entitled to do so, but then maybe Ensnareyou gave him a good advice, writing "hire someone who can do that job for you"; Terry then replied that he is not interested into the commercial aspects of the music business.
I have a feeling that something is missing here; two weeks ago, Terry posted on the SVPWorld Forum announcing his new CD (Jungle Jazz); after a while, since nobody replied, he wrote:

"Not even one comment after 5 days?
OK for you guys/gals I guess I won't listen and comment when you post new tunes either then.
Terry"

So, dear Terry, it seems to me that if you choose to play the role of the artist who does not care about the world and its rules, you should be coherent and not ask for other people's opinion; on the other hand, if you do that, this means that you DO care for what others may think of your music and then you should also accept their opinions and their constructive criticism.
Personally, I owe a lot to all the critics I have received on this Forum, and I owe a lot especially to Scott, whose candid remarks -albeit a bit irritating at first because did not flatter my ego- really helped me to correct a lot of mistakes.
Andrea