I love to play live, in front of people. I love to see them dance and sing along to our tunes. I can't do that from the privacy of my own home.
I've been in bands all my playing "career", and I have had to adjust to the other people in the band, or have them to adjust to me. I've been in bands with a clear and authoritative leader, i've been in bands with a perceived democratic leadership, i've been in bands where everybody argued and fought all the time, and in others where nothing was ever discussed. I loved them all.