The part you don't expect when you start out is all the people who come into your life wanting a piece of you, not caring about your wellbeing. The insane schedule is very difficult. Touring looks very glamourous but it's hard and gruelling - the travelling, the meet-and-greets - it was too crazy.
“Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.”
“Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.”