"In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job."

Age, Business, Incompetence, Job

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"In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job."

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"When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory."

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"Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are."

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"I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women."

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"I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary."

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