I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.
It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.

