STOP MAKING MUSIC by Tom Samuels: “There was nothing left but to write to gain the admiration I deserved.”

I was inspired to express myself through writing, at the early age of 16, when I realized that I would never be good enough on the electric guitar to be a rock star. I desperately needed to be famous. I couldn’t make it with my singing voice. I couldn’t dance. I couldn’t draw. There was…