Two Choice Quotes
I like this:
Let me tell you a story about my cousin, Steven. Steven wanted to become a musician. He had a rock band he diligently put together, and they recorded an album. When he played the album for me, he described it as a mixture of Green Day with some Linkin Park. He told me how he took the best of both bands and created his own sound.
The problem was, his music was boring, and his band sounded like hundreds of other indie bands.
Steven was just an average looking guy, his band was good but not brilliant, his music was solid, but not different. Steven believed in his band, and he was just good enough for everyone to encourage him to go on working on music, but never good enough to attract a fan base.
But Steven never even tried to build up fans. He never played his music for totally random people, and asked them for their opinion. All he did was try to get the people at the record labels interested in his music. He called and hounded, he stalked and staked out. He kept chasing those labels for years and years, and then suddenly gave up.
Steven did not care about the music. Steven cared about the money. Steven did not concentrate on getting his music to the people, he concentrated on getting his music to the people who would guarantee him money and connections.
Love what you do, or don’t bother.
I also love this Oscar Wilde quote that I saw in a lovely south-east-england pub t’other day:
I like men with a future and women with a past.
Sexist? Yes, but I figure it is somewhat true, and I love both positions and want to meet as many of them as possible.
Another witty quote from Oscar Wilde:
“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”