Rod was presented with a top songwriters’ award in Hollywood on Wednesday when he received the Founders Award for lifetime achievement at an annual dinner organized by ASCAP, a firm that collects royalties for songwriters whenever their compositions are played in public.
During the awards ceremony, Rod recalled that his first songwriting attempt with Ronnie Wood was a dismal failure, with Wood’s mother noticing their blank writing pads and remarking, “I don’t think the Beatles have got anything to worry about.”
He also said the ASCAP honor will “maybe give me a push up the bum to start writing again.”
