I hope I know when to turn a job down because I won’t do the work justice or the freaking out will simply be too much.

I hope I know when to dive in and take up a challenge rather than say no and hide.

But mostly?

I hope I know when it’s time to pack it up. Before everyone else is wishing I’d pack it up.

I think a lot of musicians have that fear. I know some of my pals do. We are afraid that we will have lost the ability to hear that we’ve lost the ability. Some of us have pacts with others. But even then we fear that they are too nice to hurt our feelings.

I guess it’s just something one has to live with.