Though there are many reasons why music rules my life, there is one that rules all the others: There is nothing else I'd rather do. I have to make music. I need to. Every day spent without music is a miserable one.
I don't understand when people say they wish they could be a musician. That they "want" to play.
What is it that is keeping these people back? Honestly, I'd like to know. Is it fear of failure?
I think insecurity is the number one reason why people avoid writing and performing music. But I must add that if they really felt compelled to play, not just complain about it, that they would find a way.
This goes back to my article "You Are What You Do" - there is a big difference between talking about something and doing it. I talk about building things like tables and beds and bookshelves, but I rarely actually build anything.
Perhaps many would-be musicians care enough about music to talk about it and wish about it but not enough to do it.
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