I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?
I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.
I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.