[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1326187805' post='1493363']
+1 essexbasscat, I could not have put it better It is a blessing and a curse at times!
I recently sat next to an old guy (70+) at a big band concert (my dad was playing in the band), during the break we got talking. The man was a professor at a top university as it happens, and flys all over the world giving talks and lectures as well as advising governments on his area of specialism, a fascinating man. We talked about music, he plays the accordion in his spare time, in local pubs for beer money. He was clearly a very intelligent man, a little erratic maybe, I would say he's sitting close to that fine line between genius and insanity (see Spike Milligan). I asked him why he still played music in crappy pubs when he's a leading authority in his area, an advisor to world leaders and clearly extremely passionate about what he does. His answer was simple:
"I've played music for most of my life and it is that fact alone that has kept me sane all this time"
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Yes, that's it !