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I didn't want to call and schedule shows or call and make people listen to my music. Luckily, my friends and family really stayed on me and made me put myself out there.

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.

I'm not picking up my phone and calling anyone for employment.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

I don't like telephones.

Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.

I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.

For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.