It is our destiny to be born beautiful into an ugly age.
It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America.
With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.