I suppose I'd still have friend if I didn't play music, but I'm not sure, since just about all my friends are musicians. I'm amazed at how democratic music can be. I'm a middle-class, politically moderate police officer, and I've been in jam sessions with wealthy lawyers, doctors, blue collar workers who are just getting by, conservatives, avowed communists, born-again Christians and atheists, and nobody judges anyone else, we're only interested in playing good music. What ever differences we have outside of music are just plain unimportant. I'd probably never associate with these folks if it weren't for music.