When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?
I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.
I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music.
When you have so many things, and you have no idea why, you think, 'Maybe I'm supposed to do things for other people.'
When you make money, it's natural to enjoy all the benefits it offers.
I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance.
I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.
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