I can't grasp that one either, as a music fan rather than a player I can still relate to that quote
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it would be like giving up eating, drinking, smoking, loving, talking and whatyouwant all simultaneously
. Sometimes in life circumstances change where music, either playing or listening to music, going to gigs etc. becomes less of a priority either through changes in family or work life, certainly when I changed over to nights last year that was the case. I just didn't have the energy or lust for life in general and found myself listening to less and less music and missing gigs that in the past if I couldnt get time off to go to would erm, suddenly develop a strong cough at least over the phone when I'd call in. Anyway on days now , alls well loving music and discovering new music especially, 4 gigs lined up this week and never felt better. Hate to think music wouldnt be such a biig part in my life as it is now
I can go with that - like a lot of people I was completely defined by music when I was younger - I loved (and still do) not only listening to it and choosing different tracks to suit my mood but also the technicalities of it all. I know Richard dislikes the 'uniform' that goes with certain types of music but to me that's just another source of fascination - why do people that listen to a certain genre of music tend to dress a certain way? what came first, the creole earring and the shell suit or the hip hop track? As I've grown older life has interfered - Glastonbury, in your thirties with two kids doesn't have the same appeal as jumping on the back of someone's bike and going to Blackbush when your 17 - but music is still a massive part of my life. I might have grown up and moved on but I've adapted my dependence (if that's the right word
) rather than outgrowing my need for it.