Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.
But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it.
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.