Fact #194190

Ray Davies : I remember how Till the End of the Day came about. I had a bit of writer’s block, and my managers were getting worried because I hadn't produced anything in almost a month. They sent Mort Shuman 'round to my house, one of my hit-writing heroes. He wrote Save the Last Dance For Me with Doc Pomus. This mad, druggy New Yorker came 'round to my little semi-detached house in London. He said, 'I'm here to find out what you’re thinking about. I’m not interested in what you have written; I'm interested in what you're gonna write.' He was completely paid off by my managers to say it. I thought it was ridiculous that there was so much importance put on it. If I don’t want to write for a month, I won't. To say the least, I was pressured into doing it. Then I went off to stay with my sister and bought a new toy, a little upright piano, and wrote Till The End Of The Day.
(Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_the_End_of_the_Day#cite_note-ordinary-3)