Apart from his amazing musical career Frank has been contributing to the Mudcat Forum for over 9 years maybe 1200 times!

in one of his early entries he wrote

"When I was younger, I was an underacheiver in school. I figured what the hell. Sometime, I got out of the way of my self and things began to happen. I'm at the point now where I don't read any negative criticism of my work. I just do what I do and enjoy the process. That's not easy to do because I find that people tend to give me unsolicited opinions. It's hard to throw away hurtful criticisms and over the years I've found that those criticisms were not helpful in any way. This is true of professional newspaper critics or others with axes to grind. So, I do what I love and hope I can share it. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I've found over the years that I am my own best teacher. Others can offer information but only I can learn.

I've found that being original, or being the best, or being popular is irrelevant. Being honest is what counts for me."

sounds pretty useful advice to me!