As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and get down to work. Play your songs, play them well, earn your money, and don't get in people's way.
“Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.”
“I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.”