quote from Austin:
All things being equal, I will hire a farm kid, musician, or ex-military over all other candidates because their background presupposes discipline, hard work, and emotional maturity - they have had to subordinate their whims to structured tasks on a daily basis - when sick, when sad, when hurt, when glad.

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Hooray! I once was told that the specific reason that I did NOT get a job was because I was a musician; they liked me, but they were sure that all musicians must be flakes. I just thought to myself, jeepers, you people know nothing--do you think we're born being able to play advanced repertoire, and therefore have lots of extra time to sit around drinking absinthe or whatever??