Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along.
Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.
I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone.