I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful.
“The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.”
“There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.”