I do not lack the courage to think a thought all the way through, and thus far I have encountered no thought that I have feared.
我不缺乏把一个想法彻底思考下去的勇气,到目前为止,我还没有遇到过我害怕的想法。
That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.
Making music is not about pleasing others, but about expressing yourself.