When I was starting out I thought any gig was a good gig. In so far as it helped me to pay the rent and learn how to handle a crowd, there was some truth in that. Eventually I got into the habit of accepting far too much bad work. It may have been a coincidence, but within a two year period I got hepatitis B (which nearly finished me),inflamation of the lung, appendicitis, chronic laryngitis and a broken toe. (Broken toes are special fun in the German winter when you are pounding the ground forty or fifty times a minute when you are one man banding!) I think it is important to look forward to every gig. It has had a positive effect on both my finances and my health. Once again I am sane, kind and forgiving. Mind you, the next son of a bitch who requests me to play "Take Me Home Country Roads" will be in peril of his life...