As my friend, Scott Cameron Smith (a fine songwriter with a brand new CD, can be checked out at scottcameronsmith.com) is wont to say when he's having trouble tuning, "If we didn't like you, we wouldn't tune."
Trouble is, if I'm doing my occasional bass backup for him, I'll butt in with,
"But Scott, you told me that you don't like 'em at all, and you only tune out of sheer self-respect!"

I kinda consider it my mission in life to try and crack Scott up on stage.

(sorry 'bout the promo at the start of this. I don't think I could ever do it for myself, but for my friends, I am shameless!)