Everyone takes pause at 40. It's the age you have to assess everything in your life. It's the fictitious marker that's always coming up when you're young. The world really does look at you to kind of have it together by 40, and be successful by 40. Whatever success means.
The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.