Q: hi bill, when you're making a song, how many times do you reckon you sing a line before thinking of the next line? by the way, you're amazing, ok bye
A: for each run-through of what i already have, it becomes less likely to get a result. So the most likely time to get a result is the first time. if that doesn't happen, then it becomes less and less likely to get something, the more times you try. So when you get stuck, you keep getting more stuck. but when you're not stuck, things can move forward very very quickly, pretty much in real-time